“After working out the possibilities implicit in her early, relatively restrained pictures, Sherman, a fan of horror films as well as of melodrama, took a sharp turn toward the grotesque. The conventions of fashion modeling gave her the initial pretext- models are, of course, monsters of beauty, but fairy tales and gothic stories provided her with a wondrous array of freaks and creatures.” (Disparities And Deformations: Our Grotesque, pg 120—Robert Storr)
One of my assignments for class was to find quotes about artists that inspire my work. Cindy Sherman’s work that follows her infamous Untitled series gets me super stoked. I especially like her technique of making the photograph mimic a masterpiece painting.
Slick.
-Megan
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