• Based on prior readings in this project, how does the work of Sherman seen at her retrospective relate to various social critiques leveled by theorists as synopsized on the deathOf… page? For example, do you see a feminist critique of the male gaze, an embrace of the abject as culturally conditioned, a dialog with art history, or other critical stances in her work?

Based on prior readings in this project, the work of Cindy Sherman seen at her retrospective relates to various social critiques leveled by theorists in our text and as synopsized on the death of everything wiki page in that her work addresses complex themes with very little thought on how to include or execute these theories directly.

I see a feminist critique of the male gaze in Cindys work. She makes the female form less “desirable”, comedic or ambiguous to the male gaze.

I see an embrace of the abject in her work. She was fascinated in representing the relation of what clowns look like and why they became a clown, what their back story was.