Cindy Sherman

by Cindy Sherman, Lisa Phillips, Peter Schjeldahl

Book Overview

This volume presents extensive groups of works from nearly all of Cindy Sherman's creative phases. The principle theme in Sherman's oeuvre is the staging of female role models. The American artist relies on stereotypes inscribed on our collective visual memory in a world saturated with media. In this roleplay with costumes, masks and prostheses, during which her own identity almost completely disappears, Sherman (born 1954) walks a fine line between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394724852
• ISBN13: 9780394724850
• Release Date: July 1984
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.