Sherrie levine biography of william
Sherrie levine biography of william
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Sherrie Levine
American photographer and conceptual artist (born 1947)
Sherrie Levine (born 1947) is an American photographer, painter, and conceptual artist.
Some of her work consists of exact photographic reproductions of the work of other photographers such as Walker Evans, Eliot Porter and Edward Weston.
Early life and education
Sherrie Levine was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania in 1947.[1] The Midwest, however, shaped her identity, as she spent most of her childhood and adolescence in the suburbs of St.
Louis, Missouri.[2] Levine recalled her mother—who enjoyed painting—sparking her interest in art at eight years old, as she would take Levine to the St. Louis Art Museum.[3][4] Levine's mother would also take her to see art house films on a regular basis, which later influenced her work.[5] After graduating high school in 1965, she spent eight years in Wisconsin, receiving her B.A.
from the University of Wisconsin in Ma