Sherrie Levine is a U.S.-based conceptual artist, photographer, and painter who hails from Hazleton, Pennsylvania. This artist is best known for her reproductions of renown male artists' works as depicted via the lens of a camera. As such, this photographer's interpretation of these pieces explores notions of originality and authenticity in the world of art. Specifically, this photog's reproductions emphasize the works of well-regarded male artists, in an effort to examine and draw attention to the circumspect concept of "Artist Genius," which has long underestimated the contribution and value of female artists among the annals of Art History. The bulk of Levine's work involves a concept known as appropriation art, which refers to the use of pre-existing works, images, and/or objects with little or no alteration to its original state. This shutterbug focuses on appropriated pieces created by noted modernist artists, such as Edgar Degas, Constantin Brancusi, and Walker Evans. This trend of re-interpretation rose to prominence in the '70s, but its origins lie in early modernist works, particularly those that incorporate collage. In addition to Sherrie Levine, other noted artists of this method include Barbara Kruger,Mike Bidlo, Louise Lawler, and Vikky Alexander. Levine and her contemporaries rose to acclaim and garnered the spotlight in 1980s New York City. Subsequently, the brilliance of their craft rests on its capacity to co-mingle diverse cultural concepts and refocus them into new avenues of interpretation. (Artist website) Read Less