1. Marlene Dumas ARTE344 Rachel Noteboom Sarah Ortinau Liz Gardona

2. South African/ Dutch Painter Is teaching college level art students in Amsterdam Duality of her identity She attended college- then worked Oil, ink, acrylic, photography and appropriation art.

3. 3 Materials *paintings, collages, drawings, prints installations *Dumas paints from personal photographs Marlene Dumas, The Painter, 1994, oil on canvas, 79 x 39-1/4 in., The Museum of Modern Art, New York Mostly oil on canvas and ink on paper

4. Ideology Received ideas of identity? “The ambiguity of representation in her paintings and drawings is ultimately a political act, enticing the viewer into an awareness of his or her role in the assignation of meaning to faces, bodies, groups, and figures.” -Rebecca Morse [MOCA Assistant Curator] “The ambiguity of representation in her paintings and drawings is ultimately a political act, enticing the viewer into an awareness of his or her role in the assignation of meaning to faces, bodies, groups, and figures.” -Rebecca Morse [MOCA Assistant Curator] Marlene Dumas, Barbie, the Original, 1997, Lithography, 66 x 50 cm

5. Physical reality of human body Psychological value Removed from context Marlene Dumas, The Blindfolded Man, 2007,Oil on canvas, 39-3/8 x 35-7/16 in.

6. Influences Diane Arbus’s photography -complexities of the human form Diane Arbus, Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, New York City, 1962, Photograph Mother’s death (weeping women) Uses photographs of her daughter

7. Changes Over the Years During the 90’s her work as featured images of Amsterdam and interdisciplinary projects She also now does multiples of portraits. She has dabbled in photography Marlene Dumas, Waterproof Mascara, 2008, Öl auf Leinwand, 100 x 90 cm

8. Critics her art is in many international museums. considered a European artist, but wishes to be classified as an South African Artist. Stating, “Someone once remarked that I could not be a South African Artist and a Dutch artist, that I could not have it both ways. I don’t want it both ways, I want it more ways.” Marlene Dumas, Moshekwa, 2006, Öl auf Leinwnad, 130 x 110 cm

9. Her legacy Her legacy is being a portrait/figurative artist She is also known as an one of Amsterdam’s top artist She has won countless awards internationally, and is featured in many museums

10. Video: http://youtu.be/9oJGwiEoj84 Marlene Dumas, Mamma Roma, 2012, o/c, 30 x 24 cm