| Description |
ix, 219 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
Lenders to the Exhibition -- Movies, Monstrosities, and Masks: Twenty Years of Cindy Sherman / Amada Cruz -- The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters / Elizabeth A. T. Smith -- Tracing the Subject with Cindy Sherman / Amelia Jones -- Plates -- Checklist of the Exhibition |
| Summary |
Essayists Amada 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 |
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This comprehensive catalogue traces the career of Cindy Sherman, examining her achievements as one of the leading American artists of our time. 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 |
| Notes |
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name jointly organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-217) |
| Credits |
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name jointly organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago."--Title page verso |
| Subject |
Sherman, Cindy -- Exhibitions.
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Sherman, Cindy, 1954- -- Exhibitions.
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Sherman, Cindy, 1954- -- Exhibitions.
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Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Cruz, Amada, 1961-
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Jones, Amelia.
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Smith, Elizabeth A. T., 1958-
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Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.)
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Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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| LC no. |
97060467 |
| ISBN |
050027987X |
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