1ART AND IDENTITY
Art is the expression of human beings on the surface of the earth. Expressing one’s
feelings does not always mean that it has to be stated in explicit formal sentences; it can take
various shapes such as that of painting, dancing, singing and so on (Iskin, Ruth). This paper
seeks to discuss the arts of two of the most important artists of the contemporary times that is
Yasumasa Morimura and Cindy Sherman. The report further looks in to three art pieces of these
two artists and seeks to analyze the depiction of the art pieces. The report concludes with an
imaginative piece of art by myself and how it is relevant to the theme of identity.
Yasumasa Morimura was a Japanese artist, born on 11th June, 1951 (Iskin, Ruth). He was
born in the city of Osaka and attained his graduation degree from the esteemed Kyoto City
University of Arts in the year 1978 (Iskin, Ruth). Yasumasa Morimura was an extremely
enthusiastic artist and his art had the unique feature of depicting his own body and face in the
arts of others. He is popularly known to break any barrier of discrimination such as that of
gender, racial and ethnic barriers. Yasumasa Morimura dealt extensively with the idea of identity
seeking to destroy the barriers which constrict the concept of identity to only one particular
aspect. One of the art works of Yasumasa Morimura is that of Black Marilyn. He painted this in
1995 and the art work beautifully depicts the modern woman who is unabashed to show the
world her true uncontrollable nature (Artsy.net). Yasumasa Morimura is known to paint the
figures of famous women as an inspiration to his audience so that they may break the barriers of
gender discrimination. Another one of his painting is that of An Inner Dialouge with Frida
Kahlo (Artsy.net). Frida Kahlo is one of the most significant personalities who revolutionized the
cause of the women kind by following her dreams in a world controlled by men. Yasumasa
Morimura drew her to portray her fiery nature to the audience. The third piece of art chosen by

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