Fairy Tales
E443917
"Fairy Tales" is a photographic series by American artist Cindy Sherman in which she stages unsettling, surreal scenes that subvert traditional fairy-tale imagery and explore themes of identity, gender, and the grotesque.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fairy Tales canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4482636 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fairy Tales Context triple: [Cindy Sherman, notableWork, Fairy Tales]
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A.
Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales is a whimsical collection of humorous and subversive short stories for children written by Monty Python member Terry Jones.
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B.
Fables
Fables is a collection of medieval verse tales by Marie de France that adapt and moralize traditional animal stories and folktales.
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C.
Fables
Fables is a comic book series created by Bill Willingham that reimagines classic fairy-tale and folklore characters living in exile in modern-day New York City.
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D.
Fables
Fables is a collection of satirical verse tales by John Gay that use animal characters and moral lessons to comment on human nature and society.
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E.
Contes
Contes is a small commune in southeastern France, located in the Alpes-Maritimes department near Nice on the French Riviera.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fairy Tales Target entity description: "Fairy Tales" is a photographic series by American artist Cindy Sherman in which she stages unsettling, surreal scenes that subvert traditional fairy-tale imagery and explore themes of identity, gender, and the grotesque.
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A.
Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales is a whimsical collection of humorous and subversive short stories for children written by Monty Python member Terry Jones.
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B.
Fables
Fables is a collection of medieval verse tales by Marie de France that adapt and moralize traditional animal stories and folktales.
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C.
Fables
Fables is a comic book series created by Bill Willingham that reimagines classic fairy-tale and folklore characters living in exile in modern-day New York City.
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D.
Fables
Fables is a collection of satirical verse tales by John Gay that use animal characters and moral lessons to comment on human nature and society.
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E.
Contes
Contes is a small commune in southeastern France, located in the Alpes-Maritimes department near Nice on the French Riviera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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photographic series ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge stereotypes of women
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evoke psychological unease ⓘ subvert traditional fairy-tale imagery ⓘ |
| artForm |
self-portraiture
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staged photography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Cindy Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
ambiguous narratives
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distorted bodies ⓘ domestic interiors ⓘ fragmented figures ⓘ surreal scenes ⓘ unsettling scenes ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual photography
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contemporary art ⓘ fine art photography ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
body and abjection
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femininity ⓘ gender ⓘ identity ⓘ narrative deconstruction ⓘ performance of self ⓘ subversion of fairy-tale tropes ⓘ the grotesque ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
children’s book illustration
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horror cinema ⓘ mass media imagery ⓘ |
| medium |
color photography
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photographic print ⓘ |
| movement | postmodern art ⓘ |
| narrativeSource |
European fairy tales
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children’s stories ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
staged, constructed scenes
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use of artificial lighting ⓘ use of costumes and props ⓘ |
| partOf | Cindy Sherman’s photographic oeuvre ⓘ |
| primaryAudience | contemporary art audiences ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByCreator |
Disasters and Fairy Tales
NERFINISHED
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Untitled Film Stills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
cinematic
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darkly humorous ⓘ grotesque ⓘ theatrical ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical analysis
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feminist critique ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ |
| workLanguage | nonverbal visual language ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fairy Tales Description of subject: "Fairy Tales" is a photographic series by American artist Cindy Sherman in which she stages unsettling, surreal scenes that subvert traditional fairy-tale imagery and explore themes of identity, gender, and the grotesque.
Referenced by (1)
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