By reproducing these iconic images without alteration, Levine challenges the traditional notions of creativity and ownership, emphasizing how all art is part of a broader cultural continuum rather than a product of individual genius.
« I wanted to make pictures that contradicted themselves. I wanted to put one picture on top of another so that there were times when both pictures disappear and other times when they were both manifest. »
Sherrie Levine
Her work is closely associated with the Pictures Generation, a group of artists in the late 1970s and early 1980s who used appropriation to explore how images function in mass media and culture. Levine's approach has sparked significant discussions about the nature of art, authorship, and the role of gender in the
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By reproducing these iconic images without alteration, Levine challenges the traditional notions of creativity and ownership, emphasizing how all art is part of a broader cultural continuum rather than a product of individual genius.
« I wanted to make pictures that contradicted themselves. I wanted to put one picture on top of another so that there were times when both pictures disappear and other times when they were both manifest. »
Sherrie Levine
Her work is closely associated with the Pictures Generation, a group of artists in the late 1970s and early 1980s who used appropriation to explore how images function in mass media and culture. Levine's approach has sparked significant discussions about the nature of art, authorship, and the role of gender in these discourses. Her work has been exhibited extensively and remains influential in contemporary art theory and practice. (
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