Appropriation |
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Manny Garcia. 2006. http://evilmonito.com/2009/01/26/manny-garcias-obama-photograph/ |
Shepard Fairey. Obama Hope poster. 2008. |
Quiz #5 and Worksheet #10 Due |
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Reminder! Book Pages 26 - 30 Due on Thursday!! |
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Cindy Sherman. Untitled Film
Still #14. 1978.
Cruz, Amanda and Elizabeth A. T. Smith. Cindy Sherman: Retrospective. Chicago: Thames & Hudson, 1998.
pastiche = an artistic technique whereby a generally light-hearted tongue-in-cheek imitation of another's style is employed; although jocular it is usually respectful (as opposed to parody, which is not) |
Cindy Sherman. Untitled Film
Still #21. 1978. |
Laura Mulvey's Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema 1973 |
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Male
gaze = a fundamental concept to Feminist theory which relates to
the way men look at women, how women look at themselves and other women,
and the sociological effects of this method of looking. Some feminists
posit that since it is almost always the female who is being gazed upon
by the male, the man exhibits power over the woman. |
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Hollywood cinema places the viewer in the masculine position |
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The viewer identifies with the protagonist who tends to be male |
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The woman is the object of desire - something to be looked at |
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Cindy Sherman. Untitled Film
Still #34. 1979. Cruz, Amanda and Elizabeth A. T. Smith. Cindy Sherman: Retrospective. Chicago: Thames & Hudson, 1998. |
Cindy Sherman. Untitled Film
Still #32. 1979.
Preble, Duane, Sarah Preble and Patrick Frank. Artforms. Seventh ed.
Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002.
1996 Museum of Modern Art purchased a complete set of Film Stills for $1 million |
In 2006 a print of #32 (she made 10) sold for $140,000 at auction |
Cindy Sherman. Untitled #225.
1990.
Cruz, Amanda and Elizabeth A. T. Smith. Cindy Sherman: Retrospective. Chicago: Thames & Hudson, 1998.
