Feb
2
Robert Demachy vs. Sherrie Levine
February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
by Peter Zimmerman
I came across this passage by Robert Demachy while reading for the modern/contemporary photography seminar Joan and I are auditing at VCU. It is from 1907, so while the difference in years may seem to bar any real connection to postmodernism, I found it interesting how similar one of his assertions was in [...]
Jan
24
Sherrie Levine: So What?
January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
by Peter Zimmerman
“This in turn suggests that art practices predicated on the production of signature styles rather than constantly modified interventions may be especially vulnerable to neutralization of their purported critique. The history of postmodernist photography overall would appear to confirm this analysis. As various theorists have argued, a position of resistance can never be [...]
Oct
9
Theme: Inextricable Art History in Sherrie Levine’s Photography and Sculpture
October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment
-Peter Zimmerman
So much time is spent discussing the role of photography in Sherrie Levine’s early work from the later 1970s/early 1980s; however, her movement into sculpture raises much of the same questions, but pushes the arguments even further. In photographic works like the “After Walk Evans” series or the President/Fashion portraits, Levine simultaneously presents paradigmatic [...]
Sep
10
Introduction to Our Honors Thesis
September 10, 2008 | 2 Comments
Body Language: The Presence and Absence of Cindy Sherman and Sherrie Levine, 1975-1987
Perhaps one of the most overlooked series in Cindy Sherman’s oeuvre is a photographic travelogue throughout her childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. Titled “A Cindy Book (c.1964-1975),” the collection brings together pictures from vacations, school activities (prom, sporting events, class photos, etc.), [...]