Project:

Compositions of Identity, 2024.

A series of thirty paintings, oil on board, 33 x 27 cm each.

Compositions of Identity follows themes of anonymity, objectification, and social projection to form the subjects' identities.

When considering that Identity requires an audience (as opposed to The Self, which is self-perpetuating), ironically, by removing the identity from the subjects, what is left is social presentation and behaviour: the essence of identity. This leaves the viewer free to deduce and apply identity to the subjects.

This concept is pertinent to current life, where expression of identity has become a justifiably important issue, however remains problematic, since Identity is sacred to The Self, but applied by The Other.