Vanessa Beecroft holds large scale installation performance pieces, where she has females, of a a variety of ethnicities and backgrounds. these females perform the ritual of being and appearing. The impact of the mass uniform image of the women involved places their individuality second.
Sherman in a performance artist whose most recent work, Older and Wizened, is an exploration into the ageing process. Sherman adopts the image of a number of 50+ female figures, to explore the way societies expectations have impacted the ideal of the mature female image.
performance artist who adopts the role of the male gaze, as photographer and subject in her work. The focus of her work is in creating a relationship between the photographer and subject, and this being the primary focus for the viewer.
