Think Big

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Stephanie,

Gallerying with Madelon & Lynn last week I
came upon Cindy Sherman's new photos in a far
West 24th street gallery: she in clown clothes
and wearing face & body prosthetics, in harsh
lurid colors, and enormous.

Have you seen them?

Creepy bad dreams -- the clown as Shiva the
destroyer! But her work from the beginning has
always been creepy; you remember her Film
Clip series where sweet harmless Cindy
impersonated what she was not. Her bottom
line has always been "You can't catch me."

Mike

Stephanie Chernikowski wrote:
> 
> On Jun 27, 2004, at 9:23 AM, Wayne Johnson wrote:
> 
>> Jackson
>> Pollack.
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> 
> wouldn't have him any other way. or avedon. my point was that big is 
> often just a way to be sure  you are looked at as art. saw a dreadful 
> photo show of post-mapplethorpe flowers. the composition was stilted, 
> lacking the grace of mapplethorpe. the artist had a rich husband so 
> gigantic prints could be purchased from a lab (but what the heck, rm had 
> a sugar daddy to foot the bill too). they  were not art or artful. they 
> were boring, but hung in a fine art gallery. they were non-threatening 
> and would go w/sofas, so were, i assume, profitable for the gallery.
> have no problem w/big when it is worth the space. love serra's torqued 
> ellipses, which are gigantic.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Stephanie Chernikowski
> StepCherPhoto.com
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