Summary Of The Never Ending Sherrie Levine

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In regards to the never ending Sherrie Levine debate the act of re-photographing the famous images shifted the author, the viewer, and the subject. By inserting herself as the author Levine more than merely reproduces the already reproduced photograph, she complicates the original intent of the image and exposes the power structures inherent in image production. Levine attempt to rewrite history and the narrative behind it. Her approach forces the viewer to question how one creates meaning out of history. Levin’s appropriation of the image from a catalogue image speaks to how artwork is commodotized and extracted of authorship through reproductions and other methods or circulation echoing thoughts of Walter