Cindy sherman hardcover catalogue national portrait gallery. Cindy sherman artist biography original signed artworks. Cindy sherman, american photographer known for her imagesparticularly her elaborately disguised selfportraitsthat comment on social roleplaying and sexual stereotypes. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and design for sale and learn about the artist. This book, which accompanies a major exhibition at the national portrait gallery, considers cindy shermans oeuvre through the lens of portraiture. Cindy sherman first gained fame with her untitled film. This book, which accompanies a major exhibition at the national portrait gallery, considers cindy shermans oeuvre through the lens of. Artist page for cindy sherman born 1954 cynthia morris sherman born january 19, 1954 is an american artist whose work consists exclusively of photographic selfportraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters her breakthrough work is often considered to be complete untitled film stills, a series of 70 blackandwhite photographs of. Witty, provocative and searching, this lively catalogue of female roles inspired by the movies crystallizes widespread concerns in our culture, examining the ways we shape our personal. Cindy sherman established her reputationand a novel brand of uncanny. Sherman currently lives and works in new york city.
Though her work continually reexamines womens roles in history and contemporary society, sherman resists the notion that her photographs have an. Cindy sherman is a contemporary new york photographer who is one of the leading exponents of the pictures generation, an artistic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. The american painter and sculptor became a rising star in the 1980s for his men in the cities series, which depicted sharply dressed men and women writhing in contorted emotion. Cindy sherman by sherman, cindy and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Signed cindy sherman artist monograph cindy sherman 1975. One of the most celebrated female artists of the twentieth and twentyfirst centuries she has, for a period spanning more than thirty years, used makeup, prosthetics and props to present herself in the guise of numerous different personae, placed in contexts that draw on the visual conventions of film, television and the media. Sherman explores the implications of roleplaying and fantasy, seeing and. Binding is tight and intact, pages clean and unmarked. Join facebook to connect with cindy sherman and others you may know. Her father worked as an engineer for grumman aircraft.
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In cindy sherman, author paul moorhouse, curator of twentieth century portraits at the national portrait gallery, london, explores the groundbreaking artists use of portraiture to raise challenging and important questions about the construction of contemporary identity and the nature of representation. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Explore books by cindy sherman with our selection at. Sherman is famous as the film director and photographer from america. One of the worlds foremost photographers, cindy sherman transforms herselfthrough makeup, costumes, and an extraordinary range of facial expressions and posesinto characters that invite the viewer to question the representation of women in society and art, as. Showcasing approximately 180 photographs from the mid1970s to the present, including new works made for the exhibition and never before published, the volume is. Cindy sherman has 38 books on goodreads with 7573 ratings. A round a small table in cindy shermans new york studio, there are a dozen mannequin heads crowding in to face us as we talk. But what does it say about how we exhibit photography in 2017.
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