Cindy Sherman: the power of stereotypes as transmitters of cultural clichés
Posted by Tartaruga Feliz on Thursday March 22, 2012
This is a must see exhibition if you’re in NY now. Cindy Sherman is a photographer from the 1970’s that is considered one of the most influential artists working today.
Film Still 16 – 1978
She explores the contemporary identity to create her characters, from publicity pictures made in the 60’s by Hollywood to portraits taken from the point of view of old womans, reacting to a youth- and status-obsessed culture.
Untitled #476 – 2008
Untitled #466 – 2008
Its also very interesting to know that she does all the work by herself, the make up, the creation of the characters, the photography itself, all on her studio.
Untitled #276 – 1993
What calls my attention the most about her is that she puts the critiques in your face in a very smart and provocative way. There’s no way you can go to this exhibition and don’t react from it.
Untitled #415 – 2004
Untitled #396 – 2000
If you’re not in New York, don’t worry. You can see the entire collection on MoMA’s website too (thank you MoMA!).
And to finish convincing you to go see more of her work, check this stop motion animation she did – I LOVE it!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Deborah is known in Brazil as Tartaruga Feliz (Happy Turtle). She’s a self-taught illustrator and animator who is born in Brazil. She travels the world while working, and attributes it to the best experience she has had in her life so far. You can see more of her work on her website, and follow her on her blog where she draws a friend a day.
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work.place: Evan B. Harris
Posted by Amy on Tuesday June 7, 2011
I’m loving the old-school style of work.place – a website started by photographer Carlie Armstrong detailing the work spaces of artists and craftspeople in the US Pacific Northwest. She hopes to present the inspiration and process of each individual; how they work in a space and how they decorate their surrounding studio.
My current favorite artist on there at the moment is Evan B Harris (I’m linking to his Etsy shop as his website hasn’t been updated since 2009). His illustrations seem to be rooted in folklores and stories culled from his imagination. The best part? He has had no formal art training and is self-taught.
I like the freshness of the website, and the quirky style at how the images and text is presented. With static frames surrounding it, it’s as though the viewer is looking through a camera lens or a picture frame. It has a simple and yet editorial layout, which I thought was interesting because a lot of the websites I see these days seem to consist of slick, rounded corners and metallic-glitz.
To see more artists and pictures, head to the work.place website.
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Sponsor giveaway: Nan Lawson
Posted by Amy on Tuesday March 23, 2010
Nan Lawson is a 25 year old illustrator and photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles. She keeps herself busy by running two shops – one for illustration, and one for her photographs.
Today she’s offering ONE Pikaland reader a choice of TWO 8’ x 10’ illustration prints from her shop worth USD$32!
Feel free to comment away; or if you already have the names of the two prints in mind, just write them down in the comments! The winner will be emailed after the giveaway ends on the 30th of March.
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is Maya.
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Leigh Bullard
Posted by Amy on Friday May 22, 2009
Loving the prints of Leigh Bullard’s girls, of which the originals were done with acrylic & watercolor. She hails from Denver, Colorado and maintains a blog where you can see a lot of her work, which also includes beautiful photography.
She was on Dujour Magazine (no wonder her work looks familiar!), and you can read more about her from her interview with Ofifteen Magazine.
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