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| Untitled 414, Cindy Sherman, 2004 |
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- I personally like Sherman's clown photo since it looks mysterious and disturbing in a good way. Her photo also reminds me of Pennywise, a scary clown from a classic horror movie of "It."
John Currin quote
“I think Sherman has obviously influenced me, or I’ve just ripped things
off from her. I thought the straw hat in that image was an amazing sinister
presence. It stuck with me, and I used it in The Dogwood Thieves, which is a
painting of two women clutching a hat. Cindy is someone who can create a new
kind of scary clown that is not a cliché. Her work is very straightforwardly put
together, but it is incredibly mysterious and magical.”
- We can see that this artist John Currin was being influenced by Cindy Sherman. He liked how she used a straw hat in a creepy way, and the artist put that idea into his own painting, "The Dogwood Thieves," with two women holding a hat. The artist admires Sherman's skill in making scary clowns that aren't cliché. He also liked how Sherman's work is simple yet mysterious and magical.
Cindy Sherman quote
"I still like the idea of challenging myself through the more hands-on methods, only because I think it’s more challenging when you are limited. With Photoshop anything goes, and I don’t want to make easy crazy characters just because I can."
- With Sherman's quote, we can see she's saying that she likes to challenge herself by using hands-on methods instead of just using digital tools like Photoshop. She thinks it's more challenging to work with limitations, and she doesn't want to create easy or overly fancy characters just because digital tools allow it. This shows she values the craft of creating art and wants to keep things challenging in her creative process.
Roger Caillois quote
“Why do sole and turbot borrow the colors and even the contours of the sea-bottom?”Out of self-protection? No, out of self-disgust.”
- This quote peeked my interest for the philosopher's negative perspective. He wonders why some fish, such as sole and turbot, copy the colors and shapes of the sea-bottom. He rejects the idea that it's for self-protection and suggests that these adaptations come from a feeling of self-disgust. It's safe to say that this perspective paints nature in a darker light, suggesting that these fish mimic not to survive but because they somehow dislike themselves, very intriguing.
Parul Sehgal quote
"Despite loathing selfies (“so vulgar”), Sherman has recently taken to Instagram, where she has been producing a series of images utterly unlike anything she has created. Her photographs have always had a strong narrative, an ability to suggest an entire psychology or story line in a single detail — the way a woman hesitates in a doorway, as in a portrait from “Untitled Film Stills,” wearing white stockings and dark glasses, barely hanging onto her martini glass and staring at the viewer with alarm."
- This quote from the article has shown Cindy Sherman not liking selfies but now using Instagram. Unlike her usual work, her Instagram photos are different. In her regular photos, she's known for telling a whole story in one detail, like a woman in a doorway with a martini glass from her "Untitled Film Stills." The words from the article suggests that Sherman is trying something new on Instagram, exploring styles or themes that are different from her usual narrative-focused photography.
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