The artwork titled “Untitled #228” by Cindy Sherman, created in 1990, belongs to the Feminist Art movement and falls within the genre of photography. This piece is part of the “History Portraits” series, created between 1988 and 1990.
The artwork depicts a figure adorned in a flowing red robe, cinched with darker sashes, accentuating an array of rich, textured fabrics in the background. The figure’s stance is assertive, holding a mask of an elderly, bearded man in one hand and a knife in the other. The setting is imbued with elaborate tapestries and an air of theatrical staging, emblematic of Sherman’s exploration of identity, historical constructs, and the scrutiny of classical representations of femininity within the context of her feminist critique. She uses costume and makeup to transform herself, thus challenging conventional representations of women in art history and questioning the authenticity and artifice inherent in photographic images.
