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How does the artist reveal, uphold, or challenge ideas about identity? What do they communicate about identity?

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How does the artist reveal, uphold, or challenge ideas about identity? What do they communicate about identity?

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I feel that identity is best challenged in the story-Esq works she produced, Crossings for example is split into multiple pieces each depicting a different part in time but including the same or similar people. The way these people are illustrated changes their identity in the views of those around them, for example in the 3rd image the person in the spotlight is seen by the helicopter pilot and many people as a criminal and as someone who should be punished. But before this, they are taking a ride through the countryside, seen by many as a friend or comrade with similar goals. Also, the last panel depicts the man sitting on a wall staring up at the sky, to many just a regular guy.

In summary, Sally Deng’s depiction of these characters is what challenges their identity. How people view you and from what perspective is extremely important in how they determined your identity in their minds.

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Describe the main ideas and social concerns that you see being explored in this artist’s work.  

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Describe the main ideas and social concerns that you see being explored in this artist’s work.  

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There is a big focus on social commentary and making works that focus on specific areas/issues in society. For example, there is a big focus being drawn to climate change. The works relating to this are made from multiple angles, some can be from the perspective of post-climate action and others are from when it was too late.

Evoking strong emotions from the viewer is a core part of Sally’s works as the vast majority of them carry an emotional weight of some sort. This can be bothered positive (nostalgia, inspiration and optimism) or negative (Desperation, gloom and suffering). These emotions are generated by creating scenes that the viewer can either empathise with or directly relate to.

Ongoing crises are another focus of Sally’s work, with lots of references to conflicts, climate change, humanitarian suffering, etc.

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Artist's Choice: Drawing attention to how communities of colour are being more greatly effected by climate change.
Issue Addressed: Due to decades of neglect and lacking access to resources African American communities are being disproportionaly affected by disasters and climate change. This is also because of how tight communities formed during the civil right movement didn't recive funding for urban development so some are still disadvantaged.

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Artist's Choice: Man crossing a boarder is 'caught'
Issue Addressed: This challenges the identity often grouped with those trying to gain access to a country. They are often lumped in with other criminals and seen as potentialy dangerous or wanting to cause harm, but in reality the majority of them are trying to find a better life for themselves and their family

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What is the context of the work and the artist? How important is the context in understanding this work? 

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What is the context of the work and the artist? How important is the context in understanding this work? 

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A big piece of context needed to understand Sally’s works is the simple caption for each one as they could take on a variety of different meanings. This simple caption focuses the viewer's thoughts and causes those thoughts to be most related to the image.

The relation is also important because some works belong to a specific group that may tell a story or show the passing of time.

The artist's views and opinions are important because they can have a big influence on the style/type of work they produce.