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 identities and the role of the mass media in our lives.
In this German version of "Bluebeard, " the wicked wizard Fitcher kills two sisters for disobeying him and opening a forbidden room in his house, but he is outwitted by their younger sister.
American artist Cindy Sherman creates staged and manipulated photographs that draw on popular culture and art history to explore female identity. Her art embodies two developments in the art world: the impact of postmodern theory on art practice; and the rise of photography and mass-media techniques as modes of artistic expression. This volume, ...
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 identities and the role of the mass media in our lives.
It was in the mid-70s that Cindy Sherman began making her earliest works, in which she explored various manipulations of her own persona. She began by experimenting with makeup and costumes, getting dressed up for parties and surprising her friends. She then moved on to photograph herself in the various personas she had created, producing highly ...
Throughout the 1980s and 90s, visionary Geneva gallerist Pierre Huber seems to have had a crystal ball for what's destined to last in contemporary art. And when he's gazed into it in amassing his private collection, he's seen photography, contemporary Chinese art, abstract painting, and other art forms. This catalogue, published on the occasion of ...
Aperture 149 Dark Days: Mystery, Murder, Mayhem Fall 1997 Photographers: Michael Ackerman, Kenneth Anger, Marc Asnin, Jerry Berndt, Christian Boltanski, Ken Botto, James Casebere, Bruce Charlesworth, Larry Clark, Stephen Frailey, Jean Genet, Jim Goldberg, William N. Jennings, Anselm Kiefer, Andrew Lichtenstein, Ken Light, Richard Misrach, ...
One of Sherman's most popular series the Centerfolds were created in 1981 as a special project for Artforum at the invitation of Ingrid Sischy who was then the Editor. Composed by Sherman to utilize the "centerfold" format of the magazine, the 12 images feature self-portraits, which fill the frame. In the end Artforum chose not to run them, but ...
The third of four titles in a continuing series of books by Todd Oldham that highlight remarkable people places and spaces, ffeatures and essay by actress/author/comedienne Amy Sedaris.
The research for this publication was funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Contributors include Mary E. Kentula, Robert P. Brooks, Stephanie Gwinn, Cindy Holland, Authur Sherman, Jean Sifneos, and Ann Hairston.
This volume contains two early photographic series--"Bus Riders" and "Murder Mystery People"--by Cindy Sherman, shot in 1976, soon after she graduated from art school. It is accompanied by a CD of found sound-based music by The Glove Compartment, aka Gian Carlo Feleppa.
This comprehensive catalog traces the career of Cindy Sherman, examining her achievements as one of the leading American artists of our time, whose art embodies two of the most crucial developments in the art world in the last decade: the impact of postmodern theory on the practice of art, and the rise of photography and mass-media techniques as ...
Sherman's work featured prominently at the Royal Academy's 150th anniversary Art of Photography exhibition in 1989. This volume is a collection of her early works. The book contains an introduction to her work by the American philosopher and art critic, Arthur C. Tanto.
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