I Am I - Annie Pritchard Art

Annie is a Canberra based artist, painting in acrylics. She uses subjects that allow her to communicate her fascination with colour and pattern through a combination realism and abstraction.

Her latest works explore how human expression, whether through eye contact, a pose or a piece of clothing can act as armour, especially for women. ‘Eye contact in particular is such a vulnerable experience yet such a powerful way in which to communicate. Fashion choices can also affect the psyche. There is so much to be said without actually saying it.’

I AM I

Who are you?

“There’s a line in one of my favourite films “The King" (2019, directed by David Michod). A court official challenges the King’s friend Hal, asking ‘Who are you?’. Hal retorts ‘I am I’. It packs a punch. Such a powerful, all knowing, simple statement.

Who do you think you are? Does it change based on what you think others think of you, which in fact might not what they think at all. Knowing who you are is as much about knowing who you are not.

Is the concept of self based in fact?

Is there truth in defining who you are? If others think of you differently, in contradicting ways, where is the truth to who you are?

The pronoun to ‘I’ is used by a speaker to refer to oneself.

The verb ‘am’ is simply a different version of the verb ‘be’.

Knowing who you are and being who you are, are two very different things.

Who are you?

I am I

I be I

I be me.