More on Sherrie

I have found some interesting information regarding the pieces I posted yesterday.

During the early 1980s, Sherrie Levine gained recognition for her re-creations of famous works of art, typically by men, through which she questions the ideals of high modernism and confronts issues of authorship, repetition, and authenticity. Rephotographing 18 self-portraits by Egon Schiele from bookplates, Levine altered the original images, interrupting the viewing experience with a series of implied contradictions. The finished piece is simultaneously Levine’s self-portrait and Schiele’s; it is the work of a woman and a man, a reproduction and an original. Commenting on why she chose to manipulate these works by Schiele, Levine explained, “There is something in his eroticism that strikes a chord. Partly it’s the self-conscious representation of his own narcissism.”   
(source - http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/185076?search_id=1)

This description is of a similar collection of work and helps add context to the piece.

I guess that it would make for an interesting project. Imitating an artist's work who herself imitated someone else. It may be hard to create an image to fit my chosen theme however if I decided to imitate one of her works as I would have to stick to the same subject she chose.

The other work she was famous for was her sculpture work.

I am particularly intrigued by this piece

"I try to make art which celebrates doubt and uncertainty. Which provokes answers but doesn't give them."
Sherry Levine, source - dallas museum of art

This piece is interesting because it is a reproduction of  a surrealist piece by american artist Man Ray.

What is interesting about it is the fact that it has almost 'un-surrealised' the work. Bringing it back to normality.

The balls are in the same position as in the original painting, the legs and table look the same but the proportions and setting have been changed back to something more normal.

Here is the original.

You can see that in Sherrie's piece, the surrealist aspect has gone. However there is still something wrong with the pool table. It is too low down and is also missing pockets.

Here is a quote about the piece
 Levine's table refers to a moment in art history (surrealism) that saw the revolutionary power of art give voice to the unconscious and the irrational, yet here the object seems mute and even resistant to any real meanings or associations. - dallas museum of art

I like the idea that it has some meaning which is unknown to the viewer, however it's implementation seems odd and i do't fully understand it.