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| Cindy Sherman, Untitled, 1996 |
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| Yosiry Beltre, On The Floor, 2024 |
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| Cindy Sherman Untitled (Homage to Claude Cahun) 1975 |
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| Yosiry Beltre, Untitled (Homage to Cindy Sherman), 2024 |
The Cindy Sherman Effect by Phoebe Hoban for ArtNews
Quote: "Cindy Sherman opened a lot of the doors. She was the trendsetter in terms of distorted characters within self-portraiture. Originally painters painted self-portraits, and then she kind of blew it open with photographic portraiture, and now there are all these avenues younger artists are taking, which would not have been so easy without her work."
Quote: "Cindy Sherman opened a lot of the doors. She was the trendsetter in terms of distorted characters within self-portraiture. Originally painters painted self-portraits, and then she kind of blew it open with photographic portraiture, and now there are all these avenues younger artists are taking, which would not have been so easy without her work."
Response: It's true because before Cindy Sherman and people like her, photographing yourself even in an artistic lense, was usually meant to tell your own stories and hope that it'll be relatable to the audience. While Cindy does use herself as a subject, she uses it to construct a variety of narratives.
Quote: "Her work has in some ways presaged the media age that we live in now and also absolutely responds to it"
Quote: "Her work has in some ways presaged the media age that we live in now and also absolutely responds to it"
Response: Cindy Sherman's art is very much timeless when it comes to the image itself and the messages it talks about, from things such as the negative effects of sexualization on women to old age.
New York Times | The Ugly Beauty of Cindy Sherman
Quote: "In fact, her images are so foundational to feminist art criticism, to notions of the “male gaze,” that it can be difficult to see them for themselves — they come to us encrusted with theory."
Response: Cindy Sherman's artwork does go against the male gaze because she makes artwork that can be sometimes seen as ugly or even scary, while the male gaze demands that women be palatable and angelic in nature.
Quote: "Sherman herself is reluctant to discuss the meaning of her work; she is amused by the interpretive frenzy it provokes"
Response: I think it's good that she allows the audience to decide what the meaning of her pieces are, it allows people to not only come up with interesting stories but to even connect it to their lives or someone they know.
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