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A 9 page paper which examines the importance of identity and self in the artwork of contemporary artists Cindy Sherman and Trish Morrisey. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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self. In our modern world it seems that almost every conceivable form of art has been created and it is also a world filled with technology that seems to take
us further and further from who we are. Because of these conditions many artists are seeking new forms of expression in their art and in so doing they are quite
often focusing on identity and self in their works. Interestingly enough, this identity or self is not just limited to the artist, but is also something that the artist has
incorporated in such a way as to bring out the viewers perceptions of their own identity and self. In essence, we could argue that this sort of art is focused
on communication with people, with the viewer. The following paper examines, separately, two contemporary artists who focus a great deal on identity and self in their art. The artists are
Cindy Sherman and Trish Morrisey. Cindy Sherman Cindy Shermans work has often been noted as focusing on issues and questions of identity through a sort of
self-portraits in photography as well as film. She was born in 1954 in New Jersey (Guggenheim Museum, 2005). In 1976 she graduated from State Unversity College in Buffalo, New York
and then moved to New York city (Guggenheim Museum, 2005). It was at this time in art history that debates existed as they surrounded the "authorship and the role of
originality, the condition of the photographic image, and the increasing commodification of art" (Guggenheim Museum, 2005). It was in the late 1970s that Sherman began to get noticed for
her Untitled Film Stills wherein she created a series of black and white photographs of herself in the guise that reflected many movie heroines (Guggenheim Museum, 2005). In the following
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