Cindy Sherman ranks as probably one of the best camera artists who use themselves as a medium of expression. Although he work consists of photographs of herself‚ her works should not be considered to be merely self-portraits: they are much more than that. She has transformed and staged herself as an unnamed actresses in undefined B-grade movies‚ make-believe television characters‚ pretend porn stars‚ undifferentiated young women in ambivalent emotional states‚ fashion mannequins‚ monsters from
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Paper Proposal Cindy Sherman was one of the well known and most respected photographers in the late twentieth century. Rather than doing self portraits for her photographs‚ Sherman depicted herself in the roles of B- movie actresses. On one level‚ Sherman’s work appears to be subversively linked to ‘low’ art characterized by ‘b-grade’ film and photography‚ on another level‚ her work is regarded as the modernist ideal of the ‘high’ art object. Sherman has raised challenging and important questions
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Cindy Sherman Cindy Sherman was born on January 19th 1954‚ and is an American photographer who uses her portraits as social commentary- particularly on female stereotypes. She created her famous ‘Film Stills’ work in 1977 and developed and progressed through her works since then. Throughout my art project‚ I have been mimicking her self portrait style when creating my photographs styled as ‘Rapunzel.’ ‘Untitled’- 2004 For this portrait‚ Cindy Sherman has gone with her usual style of styling
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that can turn art into vanity issues of the modern world to women is Cindy Sherman. Cindy Sherman‚ by turning her camera to herself‚ she can build name and become the most respected photographer in the late twentieth century. Knowing why she the most respected photographer in the late twentieth century because she not only uses self-portraits she uses other object for help the modern world that has issues that most
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No other artist has ever made as extended or complex career of presenting herself to the camera as has Cindy Sherman. Yet‚ while all of her photographs are taken of Cindy Sherman‚ it is impossible to class call her works self-portraits. She has transformed and staged herself into as unnamed actresses in undefined B movies‚ make-believe television characters‚ pretend porn stars‚ undifferentiated young women in ambivalent emotional states‚ fashion mannequins‚ monsters form fairly tales and those which
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what the author is about‚ digging further to connect with them. Cindy Sherman is a fascinating woman and an even more captivating artist. Her work spoke to me in a way I wasn’t expecting to achieve‚ and as I tried to search further to understand her I found that I fell further in awe of her. She was so empowering in her approach to her art. My favourite quote of her work that I found came from The Guardian’s interview of her. Cindy Sherman goes on to explain: “the more horrific works came out of
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certain way and act a certain way it isn’t right. I think that she used the cosmetic surgery to feel better about herself and then went and built a business around feeling better and trying to sell a product about beauty. The mass media influences Cindy by saying good things about her. They get the word out there for her to sell more products. They say she is beautiful they also say she has had plastic surgery. They say
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Laurie Anderson and Cindy Sherman Cindy Sherman and Laurie Anderson demonstrate art in the modern era by using two very unique forms of art while still maintaining their roles as two of the most influential artists of today. Cindy Sherman’s unique and innovative style of photographing herself in a majority of her photographs‚ which is her own form or style of photography. Her ability to transform herself and express various types of emotion in any of her photographs is what makes her matchless.
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subject matter. Martha Rebuking Mary for her Vanity by Guido Cagnacci (1601-1663) and Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills Series (1970s) have hidden meanings. These meanings allude to how people should act and should be portrayed. Religious leaders often used artwork to convey a message to their people to only believe in God‚ so in essence the former painting has advertising in it‚ while in the case of Cindy Sherman she is conveying a message to the film industry regarding how they should act toward
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Without ever having to suffer standing on the side of a long‚ lonely road hoping for a ride to come along‚ one can get a sense of the experience with just a look at Cindy Sherman ’s photograph‚ Untitled Film Still # 48. The photograph‚ taken in 1979‚ shows a female hitchhiker waiting for a ride alongside a two-lane highway in the dim light of dusk. Sherman is an accomplished photographer. When she uses her camera to speak‚ people who follow photography as an art form listen. As a distinguished figure
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