Task 3 Week beginning Monday 4th May

Produce some artist research into one of the

artists or photographers in the PowerPoint
• Select an artist to research. You can choose to study Tomoko
Sawada, Cindy Sherman or Gordon Magnin
• The next slide contains lots of info on how to do this well
• Present your work on a PowerPoint slide
• Include:
• A title (the name of the photographer/artist)
• Several images by the photographer/artist
• At least 10 Keywords to describe the artists work
• Some relevant, key facts and information
• Your opinion of the photographer or artist’s work
Tomoko Sawada
• Born in 1977
• Japanese
contemporary
feminist
photographer and
performance artist
• She has been
included in
numerous group
shows in Japan,
Europe and the US.
Cindy Sherman
• Born 1954
• American artist whose
work consists exclusively
of photographic self-
portraits, depicting herself
in many different contexts
and as various imagined
characters
• One of her most famous
works is called "Complete
Untitled Film Stills," which
is a series of 70 black-
and-white photographs of
herself in many of the
roles of women in
performance media
• In the 1980s, Sherman
used colour film and large
prints, and focused more
on costume, lighting and
facial expression
Gordon Magnin

• Gordon Magnin was born

in Nevada, USA
• Lives and works in
Southern California
• Creates collages using
appropriated photographic
images
• Gordon challenges the
“intended objective,
interpretation, and
significance” of our daily
diet of celebrity,
advertising, and consumer
based images