Research Catalog

Title

Cindy Sherman, retrospective / essays by Amada Cruz, and Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Amelia Jones.

Author

Sherman, Cindy

Publication

New York : Thames & Hudson ; Chicago : Museum of Contemporary Art ; Los Angeles : Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Cruz, Amada, 1961-
• Jones, Amelia
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.)
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
• Smith, Elizabeth A. T., 1958-

Description

ix, 219 p. : ill. (some col.), ports.; 31 cm.

Summary

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. 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.

Subject

• Photography, Artistic > Exhibitions
• Sherman, Cindy > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

• 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. Exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Nov. 2, 1997-Feb. 1, 1998, and at 6 other locations through Jan. 2, 2000.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-217).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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 -- Artist's biography.

ISBN

• 050027987X (paperback)
• 0933856490 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97060467^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library