As is well known, artists such as Cindy Sherman and Louise Lawler emerged in the late 1970s with work that effected a critique of representation through the détournement of photographic and
filmic tropes.
Evoking
the filmic trope of the tortured heroine and employing techniques of suspense reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock, Prager constructs emotionally charged and seductive worlds.
Not exact matches
In her videos, Prouvost employs
tropes both derived from and challenging the distinct
filmic languages of cinema and art, bringing corrupt reveries to life through humor and mistranslations.
In her new video, Lick in The Past, filmed last spring in Downtown Los Angeles, she employs
tropes both derived from and challenging the
filmic languages of cinema and art.