In December 2024, my article “Les corps sans organes de Cindy Sherman” (The Body without Organs of Cindy Sherman) was published in Políticas y narrativas del cuerpo 2 (Politics and Narratives of the Body 2), directed by Lucía Caminada and Fernando Gonçalves chez Ledizioni. This study explores how Cindy Sherman’s work interrogates and deconstructs representations of the body through her photographic stagings.
Reference of the conference proceedings:
“Les corps sans organes de Cindy Sherman,” in Políticas y narrativas del cuerpo 2 / Politiques et récits du corps 2 / Politics and Narratives of the Body 2, under the direction of Caminada, Lucía, and Fernando Gonçalves, Ledizioni.
Deconstruction of the Body and Otherness in Cindy Sherman’s Work
Cindy Sherman has always challenged the norms of body representation through her photographic work. By using transformation, makeup, and prosthetics, she creates hybrid figures that blur the boundaries between identity, gender, and subjectivity. My article analyzes how her approach aligns with the Deleuzian notion of “body without organs,” where the body becomes a space for permanent reconfiguration, freed from imposed structures.
Corporeality and Visual Narration
Sherman does not merely represent the body; she deconstructs and reformulates it through fragmented narrations. Her use of the grotesque, simulation, and subversion of social and cultural codes allows for a rethinking of materiality and bodily vulnerability in the contemporary context.
An Interdisciplinary Work on Body Politics
Políticas y narrativas del cuerpo 2 (Politics and Narratives of the Body 2) offers a collective reflection on how artistic practices, social sciences, and humanities intersect to shape our understanding of corporeality today. The work discusses the mutations and resistances of the body in response to contemporary discourses.