Wall, Sherman, & Crewdson

Jeff Wall, Cindy Sherman, and Gregory Crewdson, three artist who have different means of expressing themselves in the form of art have appealed to my senses inspiring me more in the field of photography. Because my imagination is so broad and imaginative, I am able to come up with ideas that take me outside of the box and enter me into a world much different then those around me. The two artist have both in their own way grabbed my attention and for different reasons.

Artist Jeff Wall created this work of art entitled, "The Destroyed Room", where it in a sense literally looks like a destroyed room. I enjoyed viewing this piece of work because it sort of reminded me of how I look at things in regards to art. Wild, untamed, and unscripted. It looks as if he literally just went into a bedroom and destroyed everything; however it may have been thrown around was how he left it, photographing it as it. It has no restrictions and no boundaries and that's what I liked about this piece. With Jeff Wall's other pieces of work, he in a way manipulated photos by adding landscapes and people to the image that may have not been there before. I enjoyed looking at every piece for they were all never the same and in a sense had their own creative moments for various reasons.

The ideas that Cindy Sherman wanted to invoke were to portray various movie stills of stereotypical women in film back in her time. What drew me to her work was the idea that she did everything on her own. Costume, make-up, and concept/idea were all thought out and produced herself. What makes her art so unique in my eyes is that she changes her style for each photo that individually portrays a certain woman. She turns her body into this canvas where she creates women of different race, shape, and size. I enjoyed looking at her various pieces.

Gregory Crewdson, last but certainly not least attracted me because his sense of gloomy photos. When you look at his work it doesn't quite look as if the people are real, but after looking closely at the photos and looking at photo reels of the actual production, his photos are in fact photos and not paintings. The reason why I like Crewdson's works of art because like the other two artist they're different. Rather then him being inside the box and creating art that is quite similar to pieces already seen he creates these different worlds with the help of models. In this photo entitled, "Vanity from beneath the Roses," Crewdson portrays a women looking in the mirror in a zombie-ish sort of way only to reveal an actual zombie looking women standing behind her full unclothed. This grabbed my attention because once again it was different and gave me the random feeling that I get when I see art that I enjoy.

In conclusion, these three artist though different in various ways, all have in some way created a vivid imagination in my head that lets me know my crazy concepts would be excepted especially after theirs were and are now considered famous pieces of art.