Fairy Tales
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"Fairy Tales" is a photographic series by American artist Cindy Sherman in which she stages unsettling, surreal scenes that subvert traditional fairy-tale imagery and explore themes of identity, gender, and the grotesque.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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photographic series ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge stereotypes of women
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evoke psychological unease ⓘ subvert traditional fairy-tale imagery ⓘ |
| artForm |
self-portraiture
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staged photography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Cindy Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
ambiguous narratives
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distorted bodies ⓘ domestic interiors ⓘ fragmented figures ⓘ surreal scenes ⓘ unsettling scenes ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual photography
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contemporary art ⓘ fine art photography ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
body and abjection
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femininity ⓘ gender ⓘ identity ⓘ narrative deconstruction ⓘ performance of self ⓘ subversion of fairy-tale tropes ⓘ the grotesque ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
children’s book illustration
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horror cinema ⓘ mass media imagery ⓘ |
| medium |
color photography
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photographic print ⓘ |
| movement | postmodern art ⓘ |
| narrativeSource |
European fairy tales
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children’s stories ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
staged, constructed scenes
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use of artificial lighting ⓘ use of costumes and props ⓘ |
| partOf | Cindy Sherman’s photographic oeuvre ⓘ |
| primaryAudience | contemporary art audiences ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByCreator |
Disasters and Fairy Tales
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Untitled Film Stills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
cinematic
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darkly humorous ⓘ grotesque ⓘ theatrical ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical analysis
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feminist critique ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ |
| workLanguage | nonverbal visual language ⓘ |
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