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| Cindy Sherman: Retrospective
     
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Paperback
219 pages
Museum of Contemporary Art
Published 1997
Entertainment Weekly
After a brief interval of bawdy Old Master reenactments--boom, the props took over: dolls' limbs pulled off, naughty bits mangled together pell-mell as if to say "take that, Jesse Helms." You might want to keep some of the provocative, unlovely stuff away from the kiddies, but it's certainly crude for thought.
From Booklist
Cindy Sherman has taken self-portraiture and masquerade to the highest heights and the campiest lows, bringing the shady ambience of B-movies to art photography while exploring the plexus of narcissism, from its silliest manifestations to its most provocative expressions. Sherman explores the implications of role-playing and fantasy, seeing and being seen, and society's perceptions of women, eroticism, and consumerism in her photographs, creating resonant images and supplying art critics with... read more --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Book Description
This comprehensive book traces the career of Cindy Sherman, examining her achievements as one of the leading American artists of our time. Provocative and engaging, the vivid physicality of Sherman's photographs is the key to their dramatic power. By exploring the myriad constructions of female identity and the body in our culture, Sherman imitates and confronts assorted representational stereotypes, becoming for many an icon of the contemporary concerns of feminism and postmodernism. Essayists Amanda Cruz, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, and Amelia Jones offer keen insight and observations from several distinct vantage points, demonstrating that Sherman's work is a lens through which to view contemporary art and its ongoing concern with the profound issues of the structures of the self. More than 200 images show the breadth of Sherman's body of work, from the Untitled Film Stills of the 1970s to series such as Centerfolds, Fashion, Disasters, Fairy Tales, and History Portraits, as well as photographs influenced by surrealist artists. Also included are intriguing excerpts from Sherman's notebooks, selections from her contact sheets, and numerous Polaroid studies, all of which shed light on the artist's process. Cindy Sherman: Retrospective was first published to accompany an exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. 279 photographs, 145 in color. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. |
Essential Cindy Sherman
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Aperture: On Location With: Annie Leibovitz, Lorna Simpson, Susan Meiselas, Cindy Sherman, Adam Fuss, Joel-Peter Witkin, Jon Goodman
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Cindy Sherman: Photographic Works 1975-1995
Elisabeth Bronfen; Zdenek Felix (Editor); & Martin Schwander (Editor) |  |
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Cindy Sherman: Retrospective
Amanda Cruz; Elizabeth A. T. Smith; Amelia Jones; Museum of Contemporary Art; & Cindy Sherman (Photographer) |  |
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Cindy Sherman (Essential Series)
Catherine Morris |  |
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Inverted Odysseys: Claude Cahun, Maya Deren, Cindy Sherman
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Cindy Sherman: Retrospective
Cindy Sherman; Amada Cruz; Elizabeth A. T. Smith; & Museum of Contemporary Art |  |
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Early Work of Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman; Edsel Williams; & The Glove Compartment |  |
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Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman (Photographer) |  |
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In Real Life: Six Women Photographers
Leslie Sills; Alvarez Bravo (Photographer); Cindy Sherman (Photographer); & Carrie Mae Weems |  |
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