The Artist Hijacking Photographic Clichés to Explore Gender Stereotypes – Feature Shoot

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The Artist Hijacking Photographic Clichés to Explore Gender Stereotypes – Feature Shoot

Sara Cwynar. Red Rose, 2017. Pigment print mounted on Dibond 30 x 24 in. Artist’s proof 1/2 Collection of David Madee Sara Cwynar. Tracy (Pantyhose), 2017. Dye sublimation print on…

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Canadian artist Sara Cynwar takes aim at popular photographic clichés in her new exhibition, Gilded Age, on view at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT, through November 10, 2019. Featuring a selection of the artist’s color photographs made over the past five years, the exhibition also includes Kitsch Encyclopedia (2014) her first artist book; Cover Girl (2018), a 16mm film on video with sound; and 72 Pictures of Modern Paintings (2016), a site-specific wallpaper.