Identités fictives de Cindy Sherman et de Sophie Calle

Fictional identities of Cindy Sherman and Sophie Calle In this paper we confront the issue of masquerade in chosen works of contemporary artists Cindy Sherman and Sophie Calle. Referring to Joan Riviere's (1929) statement that femininity is a masquerade, we examine the fictional embodiments of the mentioned artists in which the mask not only conceals but also reveals reality. The artistic and literary corpus is composed as follows: Cindy Sherman (Untilted Film Stills 1977, Society portraits (2008) and Flappers (2016-18)); Sophie Calle (La filature (1981), Les histoires vraies (2002) and Prenez soin de vous (2007)). Following the analysis of the artists' projects and their autobiographical or semiautobiographical approaches, we come to reveal the reversal of the techniques used by the artists. It means that Sherman, like the film stills, captures a moment and immobilizes it; Calle, for her part, gives life to the events that she provokes. However, in both cases the masks they wear, the fictitious identities that the artists embody, contribute to revisit the codes of the time we live in.

… Zostały tylko fotosy. Nieistniejące filmy Cindy Sherman

Przedmiotem eseju są liczne związki twórczości amerykańskiej fotografki Cindy Sherman z kinem, których przejawem jest nie tylko jej słynny cykl Fotosów bez tytułu (1977-1980), ale też krótki film animowany Ubranka dla lalek (1975), zrobiony jeszcze podczas studiów, oraz horror Morderczyni z 1997 r. Autor zastanawia się, na ile poszczególne fotografie z tego cyklu są inspirowane konkretnymi filmami i jaki jest związek własnych filmów artystki z jej zdjęciami. Przywołuje też twórczość innego znanego artysty, Edwarda Hoppera, w którego obrazach również można dostrzec zatrzymane kadry filmowe. Wreszcie omawia filmy z lat 90. ubiegłego wieku zrealizowane przez innych artystów z pokolenia Sherman: Davida Salle’a, Roberta Longo i Juliana Schnabla.

Pornografia, abyección y representación: historia de o y sex pictures

La pornografía y el erotismo han tenido, a lo largo de la historia, umbrales confusos. No obstante, existen características comunes a estos fenómenos que problematizan el espacio de la corporalidad y que generan nuevas estéticas abyectas, cuyo objetivo es rasgar la pantalla de nuestras mediaciones. Dos propuestas son los objetos centrales de esta investigación: la novela Historia de O (1954) de la escritora francesa Pauline Réage, y la serie fotográfica Sex Pictures (1992) de la artista estadounidense Cindy Sherman.

Selfie: o autorretrato do sujeito contemporâneo

As redes sociais são lugares de exibição de fotografias amadoras e campo de experimentação artística. São também dispositivos que impactam a subjetividade e a democracia, beneficiando interesses do neoliberalismo, e que geraram um novo capítulo na história da fotografia, a selfie, cujo estudo exige uma metodologia interdisciplinar. Este artigo propõe que a selfie remete à auto-objetificação. Esta hipótese é investigada referindo-se à teoria da fotografia de Philippe Dubois, a conceitos da psicanálise e a diagnósticos de Achille Mbembe e Giorgio Agamben sobre os efeitos do capitalismo avançado na subjetividade. Por fim, analisa a selfie nas obras de Amalia Ulman, Aleta Valente e Cindy Sherman, discutindo os limites das redes sociais como lugar de circulação da obra de arte.

The Anachronic Madonna Lactans: Impersonations of the Nursing Virgin by Cindy Sherman, Catherine Opie, and Vanessa Beecroft

This article examines Cindy Sherman’s Untitled #216 (1989), Catherine Opie’s Self-Portrait/ Nursing (2004), and Vanessa Beecroft’s White Madonna or VBSS.002 (2006) in relation to the medieval and Renaissance artworks these photos quote and re-instantiate: Jean Fouquet’s Virgin of Melun (1452–1455); Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Madonna del Latte (1325–1335) and Leonardo da Vinci’s Litta Madonna (1490s); and Tino di Camaino’s Charity (1321) and Jan van Eyck’s Lucca Madonna (1436), respectively. This juxtaposition — framed by reference to Alexander Nagel’s and Christopher Wood’s concept of “anachronism” and to Aby Warburg’s notion of the Pathosformel — helps us ask new questions and gain new insights about the “old masters” under discussion.

INSTAGRAM COMO LUGAR DE CONFLITO ENTRE A FOTOGRAFIA ARTE E TODAS AS DEMAIS MANIFESTAÇÕES FOTOGRÁFICAS QUE PERMEIAM ESTA REDE SOCIAL

O artigo a seguir analisa a imagem fotográfica e suas interrelações com o universo da arte a partir de perfis dentro do território compartilhado do Instagram. O texto debate algumas inquietações no campo da imagem fotográfica produzida hoje e perpassa por questões clássicas da ontologia da imagem técnica. A análise recai sobre a rede social e observa a incorporação de diversos estilos de fotografia. No intuito de refletir sobre os deslocamentos de espaços de trabalhos artísticos para a rede social, analisamos os perfis de Vera Holtz, Cindy Sherman, Yasmin Formiga e Amanda Pietra, para compreender esses processos.

A Study on the Aesthetic Properties of Feminism Make-up in Cindy Sherman's Instagram Selfie

Feminism sheds light on women's identities in a variety of ways, along with criticism of gender discrimination and male-centered thinking. In particular, Cindy Sherman's selfie, known as a feminist photographer, expresses various women's images, showing a new identity of women. This study examined feminism makeup that expresses women's self-identification in the recent emergence of Me Too and feminism, and analyzed feminism makeup in Cindy Sherman's self-portrait to find out its aesthetic characteristics. First, the nature of Cindy Sherman's feminism makeup was expressed as dominant masculinity. Through various typical forms of beard, he strongly emphasized masculinity, and his eyebrows were thick and dark, and his facial contour was manly. The beard is a symbol of masculinity and a facial expression of social status and character, so Cindy Sherman actively expresses herself as a feminine figure with feminism makeup. Second, Cindy Sherman's characteristics of feminism makeup expressed the characteristics of benignity, which are caused by the confusion of femininity and masculinity. It emphasizes a positive image to exaggerate the image of a man with feminine features and a manly hairstyle and long, voluminous eyelashes. This positive image can also be seen in postmodernism Androgenus look or Genderless look, and is also the best characteristic of feminism makeup. Third, Cindy Sherman's feminism makeup characteristics had the characteristics of typistic femininity. She expresses her female identity through the image of a powerless and shabby woman by turning herself from a young movie star to an old woman. Fourth, Cindy Sherman's feminism makeup characteristics express the characteristics of detachment with ugly beauty. Such makeup is unstable in shape, and there are many distorted or modified images, but Cindy Sherman's selfies also showed this ugly look of herself. Fifth, Cindy Sherman's feminism makeup is bizarre and gives grotesque horror in the form of witches or vampires. Witches and vampires, who lack femininity, expressed feminism not in the image of women obedient to patriarchal men, but rather in horror. Sixth, Cindy Sherman's characteristic of feminism makeup is to portray herself as a clown or a clown, or a clown, to represent a caricature. Sherman's clown series is already well known for its makeup that shows feminism in women. The clown always smiles in the costume, but the inner figure symbolizes the repressed and sad woman herself and is an expression of Sherman's own image.

A autoficção e suas aproximações com Rosângela Rennó e Cindy Sherman

O presente trabalho anseia investigar a autoficção, e suas aproximações com as obras Espelho Diário (2001) de Rosângela Rennó e Alice Duarte Penna e Untitled Film Stills (1977-1980) de Cindy Sherman. Para tanto, serão primeiramente abordados a origem, os principais predicados e os desencadeamentos que levaram o conceito de autoficção cunhado por Serge Doubrovsky a romper o campo da teoria da literatura e passar a também classificar obras de outras áreas do conhecimento, para então efetivamente traçar suas ligações com as obras de Rennó e Sherman.

AN URBAN WALKABOUT WITH CINDY SHERMAN'S PHOTOGRAPH, "UNTITLED #466, 2008”

In this article, the narrator of the story immerses herself in the interiority of a character depicted in a Cindy Sherman portrait on an art gallery wall. The narrator invites the character out of the photograph and immerses her in the pandemic-stricken city outside. In this way, the author engages with contemporary visual art while composing fictional text as literary art. Her encounter with the photograph becomes an aesthetic visual and literary investigation of art, text, and characterization set against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 crisis.