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Summary of Sherrie Levine

Sherrie Levine's methods of appropriating and citing the works of important 20^th century male artists established her as a consequential artist of postmodernism, ushered in during the late 1970s.

Sherrie levine artist bottles to hold

Levine critiques the core tenets of Modernism, calling into question the role of the romantic, artist-genius. Along with artists such as Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince, she questions how images are culturally constructed and the effects of their dissemination in a media-saturated age.

Levine's work introduces perceptual questions about what exactly one is looking at and asks viewers to consider the reasons why we inherently trust and often fetishize values in art such as authenticity and originality. While Levine sees her work as more of a collaboration with previous artists, in copying and replicating the work of male artists Levine also levels a feminist critique against the ingrained patriarchy of art history and society at large.

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