Reaction to Students comments on 4 artists

Most of the comments of my classmates seemed plausible and in line with what i had gotten out of viewing their work. There are a few exceptions such as Joey who looked at Jeff Wall's work, saying that it depicted that landscapes that were boring. I myself had problems getting to understand his work until I read some of his writings. Wall's work is something someone can not just take for face value. They must look closely at it and have a little back story to understand it fully.

Teun Hocks was an artist whose work seems to be appealing to everyone, some calling it a dreamlike state and others commenting on it's comedic elements. While one didn't have to read writings by Teun Hocks to understand him there were those artist who you would have to understand more about them such as Cindy Sherman. Katie brought up a good point about her work being about a type of woman instead of a specific woman and Susan spoke of the familiarity to her work. This is in large part because of the context in which these photos represented the woman. From my understanding her work is about the woman's place in the world and uses what is supposed to be the male gaze. Elle thought that there was a sense of tension and an awareness to Sherman's work but I disagree. This awareness is not of being photographed but rather of viewing by a male not far from sight. This is a distinct difference between Sherman and Crewdson's work.