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Cindy sherman

            Cindy Sherman has a different approach to photography. She likes to leave the possibilities for her portraits open. These photos can be interpreted anyway the reader so chooses. This is especially obvious as she leaves her portraits untitled. In her first photo she depicts a woman who is standing beside a road along with her luggage. Her actions can be interpreted in many ways. She could be fed up with her life, in search of a better place to live and all she needs is a ride. On the other hand, she could have been dropped off from a trip waiting for a family member to take her home. The possibilities are endless. In Sherman's second self-portrait she is lying on the floor with a cutout of the newspaper in her hand. This portrait also has many different ways it can be interpreted. She could have want ads in her hand, thinking of getting a new employer because she is unhappy with the direction of her career. Another possibility could be that the article in her hand is the personals and she is lying there dreaming of the perfect man. The news paper clip could also be items for sale. The lady just moved in to her new home and has no furniture and that is why she is lying on the floor.
             Sherman challenges the "what you see is what you get" mentality by leaving the possibilities of her photographs open. The ladies in either one of these photos could be doing a number of things. She seems to be saying the medium of photography is not always straight- forward. Which means this medium may not be the best method to get your point across.
             The difference between Cindy Sherman and Dorothy Allison is very subtle. Cindy uses the medium of photography and tries to be very vague with her work. Dorothy uses an essay and describes every little detail. She wants nothing untold.
             The reason Dorothy doesn't want to be photographed is because she cares about what other people think of her. In her essay she describes how a guy at a hotel didn't think she had a reservation because of the way she looked and she hated it.


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1. Cindy Sherman

... not perceive herself as the subject in the photographs, but as the model in disguise. "None of Cindy Sherman's images is of Cindy Sherman as. They are of The Girl for whom Cindy posed." (Cindy Sherman p.10) At best they are of Cindy posing as other identities of women she connects with. "Sherman's face is a neutral base on which she inscribes the countless faces of The Girl in her ... Heart, Somebody's Stenog, Girl Friday with obstacles to meet, enemies to overcome, eyes to lift the scales from, hard hearts to soften .." (all above paraphrased from, Cindy Sherman p. 13) In the photos be...

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2. recontextualizing appraisal- i

... about world issues, society and culture. Opinions and knowledge can change from influential artworks such as the ones below. Artists like George Grosz, Cindy Sherman and Gordon Bennett have created such influential artworks to change popular opinions and views on society, culture and important world issues. In 1917 ... had an influential way of giving strong, direct comments and criticisms on things that have happened or were happening in society. Cindy Sherman is another artist who created artworks in response to world situations having international significance. Her artworks often cr...

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3. Beautiful Decay in Crokes' Artwork

... contemporary gothic monster in the form of the Cosmetic revolution. The Grotesque and the Monstrous body as a subject have fascinated other contemporary visual artists such as Cindy Sherman and Jake and Dinos Chapman. Like Croke, these artists did not turn to the art of the gothic revival for inspiration but to the alternative tradition of ... been described to be within a 'gothic idiom' and was concerned with the haunting themes found within these tales. Crokes' work shares a thread with Sherman and the Chapman Brothers as this piece deals with the theme of The Monstrous female an...

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4. Pop art and post modernism

... can involve taking a classic artwork, and using the image whilst completely changing the meaning of the artwork - in most cases disagreeing with art itself. For example, if we look at Cindy Sherman's artworks - all of which consist of photographs of herself in famous poses and appropriations of previous, famous artworks. She uses a previous artwork, and turns it into her own by challenging ... something that makes it obvious to the audience that something is amiss. Postmodernism essentially feeds off previous artworks (hence "cannibalistic"). Yasumasa Morimura appropriates previous pain...

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5. My Art Evaluation

... secretive that nobody knows who they are. Following their work I wanted to make a piece of art that a held serious impact of people's views on feminism. Continuing from the work from Cindy Sherman (who also works with the idea of feminism) I saw that her art entails photography showing women in cleaning clothes or dressed nicely and looking sad. So, for my final outcome ... ...

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6. Laurie Simmons - Photography

... the recognition they deserved. In the later 1970's, it was an age of very fierce feminism, anti-men and bra burning scenes. Together with other great women artist, such as Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, and Sarah Charlesworth, women were out in the forefront. In addition, during the post modernism era photography was taking a new shape. Andy Warhol was using existing photographs mixed ... ...

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