Visual Arts Studio 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Cindy Sherman, Negative Space, Radical Feminism
29 Feb 2016
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Photograph of walker evans called after walker evans photograph asked questions rather than not. She appropriated walker no copyright issues because it is public domain. Start with art o o: giorgio mirandi inspiration to painting negative space, negative space work where you paint the negative space as space, darker and duller negative space o o. Williamson writes you know perfectly well that you will be seen o differently for the whole day, depending on what you put on . Exclusion you will appear as a particular kin of woman with one particular identity which excludes all others, the black leather skirt rules out girlish innocence, oily overalls tend to exclude sophistication, ditto smart suit and radical feminism. The woman is constructed because when you project your understanding to the picture and it constitutes the meaning behind the photography and work: williamson uses the two words for image o. Sherman suggest a larger narrative than we construct o.
