Society Portraits
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Society Portraits is a photographic series by Cindy Sherman in which she stages herself as wealthy, aging socialites to critique class, gender, and constructed identity.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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photographic series ⓘ |
| artForm | photography ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
appropriation of social types
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caricature ⓘ role-playing ⓘ satire ⓘ self-staging ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Cindy Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
Cindy Sherman as model
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elaborate costumes ⓘ heavy makeup ⓘ luxurious interiors ⓘ signifiers of wealth ⓘ wigs ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual photography
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contemporary art ⓘ self-portrait photography ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual staged portraits ⓘ |
| inLanguage | nonverbal visual language ⓘ |
| intendedCritiqueOf |
class privilege
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gender roles ⓘ ideals of feminine beauty ⓘ social performance ⓘ upper-class society ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aging
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aging women ⓘ beauty standards ⓘ class ⓘ class critique ⓘ constructed identity ⓘ consumer culture ⓘ gender ⓘ performance of femininity ⓘ social status ⓘ wealthy socialites ⓘ |
| movement | postmodern art ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
fabricated personas
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performance of identity ⓘ |
| partOf | Cindy Sherman photographic oeuvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Centerfolds
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History Portraits NERFINISHED ⓘ Untitled Film Stills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
color photography
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large-scale prints ⓘ staged photography ⓘ |
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