{"id":301,"date":"2020-11-30T10:17:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/?post_type=te_announcements&#038;p=301"},"modified":"2020-12-17T22:16:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T03:16:54","slug":"cindy-sherman","status":"publish","type":"te_announcements","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/announcement\/cindy-sherman\/","title":{"rendered":"Untitled (pregnant woman)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cindy Sherman, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Untitled (pregnant woman)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 2002-2004, 29 x 20 in., C-Print, Bowdoin College Museum of Art.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cindy Sherman photographs self-portraits in which she embodies stereotypes about women in order to question how these clich\u00e9s affect the woman&#8217;s identity. In this work, Sherman turns herself into the typecast of a lower class, promiscuous woman who aborts accidental pregnancies due to her sexual activities. The production of this photograph proves the absurdity of the stereotype because it is unrealistic\u2014the stuffed belly and the superimposed, red synthetic background serve to mock this trope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sherman\u2019s ability to disguise herself and become a new character in this photograph also speaks to the fluidity of American stereotypes. If Sherman can become the stereotype through costume, it must not be real. This work was reprinted in 2004 to fundraise at the Planned Parenthood Auction for Choice. Given the context of struggles for reproductive freedom, Sherman\u2019s piece argues for a woman\u2019s right to choose. The figure\u2019s confident stance and the unglorified representation of pregnancy communicate that this woman is reclaiming her experience of pregnancy\u2013whether conventional or unconventional, stereotypical or unique\u2013as her own.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Details<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-790\" style=\"width: 645px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-790\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-17-at-9.58.53-PM-300x95.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-17-at-9.58.53-PM-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-17-at-9.58.53-PM-1024x325.png 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-17-at-9.58.53-PM-768x244.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-17-at-9.58.53-PM.png 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Her stuffed belly\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Her commanding gaze\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Her wrinkled hands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-301","te_announcements","type-te_announcements","status-publish","hentry"],"announcement_date":"Announcement Date: June 30, 2002","announcement_image":{"iframe":false,"url":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/Cindy_Sherman_Untitled_Pregnant_Woman_141_1-e1608173441731.jpg"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Untitled (pregnant woman) - REPRESENTATION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/announcement\/cindy-sherman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Untitled (pregnant woman) - REPRESENTATION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cindy Sherman, Untitled (pregnant woman), 2002-2004, 29 x 20 in., C-Print, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 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