Negue poses that an artists’ identity is not only understood by her music, but also through the process in which the artists’ intentions {or various texts} are mediated to the interpreting audience.
The artist is seen as a commodity; a public identity which is authored by the artist, but consciously produced and communicated.
Negue focuses on interpreting musician Sinéad O’Connor as representing a recognizable public female persona, through her music stylings, explanations of her own lyrics, interviews, visual image, and album covers. These texts as a package are the glasses through which the audience sees the artist Sinéad O'Connor.
Although an aritists' actions may be vague even to themselves, questions force a response, which influence how {their work} and public identity is interpreted.
Sinead vs. Britney
Nothing Compares 2 U
Queries:
1. The shaving of the head is seen as a liberation; the hair a symbol of beauty and femininity; why is this read into so much in the media? { Britney Spears} Is O'Connor's sexuality ever questioned? {I shaved my head a few years ago and was asked if I was a lesbian several times}. Does this act rebel against her femininity or reinforce it?
2. Why is it that androgyny is seen as a strength in women, but a weakness in men?
3. Why is it that Sinead's act of rebellion {in shaving her head} is a symbol of her strength, whereas for Britney {also a rebellion} it was a symbol of her weakness?
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