Cindy Sherman / Eva Respini with contributions by Johanna Burton and John Waters.
By: Respini, Eva
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Contributor(s): Sherman, Cindy | Burton, Johanna | Waters, John | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.).
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BookPublisher: New York, NY : Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2012Description: 264 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 31 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780870708121.Subject(s): Sherman, Cindy -- Exhibitions | Portrait photography -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 779.092 SHE Summary: "Cindy Sherman is one of the most influential and consistently original artists of our time. Masquerading as a myriad of characters in front of her own camera, Sherman creates invented personas and provocative tableaus that examine the construction of identity and the nature of representation. Her works speak to our increasingly image-saturated world, drawing on the unlimited supply of visual material provided by the mass media, pop culture, and art history. Whether portraying a career girl or a blond bombshell, a fashion victim or a clown, a French aristocrat or a society lady of a certain age, Sherman's work has always had the ability to reflect the ideas of the culture at large and to resonate with a wide audience. Cindy Sherman presents the most up-to-date overview of her groundbreaking career, from the mid-1970s to the present, and provides new insight into the work of this relentlessly innovative artist."
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 779.092 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00228079 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Published to accompany the first major survey of Cindy Sherman's work in the United States in nearly 15 years, this publication presents a stunning range of work from the groundbreaking artist's 35-year career. Showcasing approximately 180 photographs from the mid-1970s to the present, including new works made for the exhibition and never before published, the volume is a vivid exploration of Sherman's sustained investigation into the construction of contemporary identity and the nature of representation. The book highlights major bodies of work including her seminal 'Untitled Film Stills' (1977-80); 'Centerfolds' (1981); 'History Portraits' (1989- 90); 'Headshots' (2000); and two recent series on the experience and representation of aging in the context of contemporary obsessions with youth and status. An introductory essay by curator Eva Respini provides an overview of Sherman's career, weaving together art historical analysis and discussions of the artist's working methods, and a contribution by art historian Johanna Burton offers a critical re-examination of Sherman's work in light of her recent series. A conversation between Cindy Sherman and filmmaker John Waters provide an enlightening view into the creative process.
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Feb. 26th-June 11th, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Cindy Sherman is one of the most influential and consistently original artists of our time. Masquerading as a myriad of characters in front of her own camera, Sherman creates invented personas and provocative tableaus that examine the construction of identity and the nature of representation. Her works speak to our increasingly image-saturated world, drawing on the unlimited supply of visual material provided by the mass media, pop culture, and art history. Whether portraying a career girl or a blond bombshell, a fashion victim or a clown, a French aristocrat or a society lady of a certain age, Sherman's work has always had the ability to reflect the ideas of the culture at large and to resonate with a wide audience. Cindy Sherman presents the most up-to-date overview of her groundbreaking career, from the mid-1970s to the present, and provides new insight into the work of this relentlessly innovative artist."
Reviews provided by Syndetics
Library Journal Review
Cindy Sherman was among the first artists to seriously explore gender and identity through self-portraiture. For nearly 40 years, she has raised questions about the validity of the photograph as well as notions of female identity by transforming herself into different characters. This book, edited by Respini (associate curator, photography, Museum of Modern Art; Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West), accompanies Sherman's most recent retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, and showcases works from all of her many series of self-portraits, including her early character and gender experiments of the 1970s, her 1977-1980 "Untitled Film Stills"; her 1981 "Centerfolds"; her 1989-1990 "History Portraits"; her 2000-2002 "Head Shots"; and a new series about society matrons. The collection of these significant works into one volume makes it clear how Cindy Sherman has continued to question the portrayal of women in photography. This edition features exceptional color reproductions, a fascinating interview with Sherman conducted by John Waters, and an insightful essay by editor Respini. VERDICT Highly recommended for all art and photography collections and for those interested in photography and conceptual art.-Shauna Frischkorn, Millersville Univ., PA (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.CHOICE Review
The Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted a sweeping retrospective for Cindy Sherman that will travel through mid-2013 and is accompanied by this expansive catalogue. Several monographs on Sherman are available (the selected bibliography here fills eight pages), but this overview is the most comprehensive to date because it clearly documents transformations in her well-known serial self-portraiture. Sherman is celebrated as the quintessential conceptual artist who uses photography. In an essay, exhibition curator Respini describes Sherman as an artist who fully represents today's prevalent "culture of the cultivated self." More adeptly than past writers, Respini firmly situates Sherman among contemporaries like Eleanor Antin, Hannah Wilke, Suzy Lake, and Adrian Piper. Burton's essay, titled "Cindy Sherman: Abstraction and Empathy," analyzes Sherman as a person and a performer. Burton offers new ways to know Sherman through her characters--what Respini rightly refers to as "surface signifiers"--and her signature use of American popular culture iconography. Additionally, the conversation transcript between Sherman and her longtime friend--actor, writer, and director John Waters--is valuable for its forthcoming and refreshing look into creative process and production as it pertains to both artists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers. M. R. Vendryes independent scholarAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
Cindy Shermanis a ground-breaking American photographer, born in 1954. She began her "Film Stills" series at the age of 23, gaining early recognition, and has followed it with remarkable experiments in color photography. Her art has won her wide recognition and praise, and been collected and exhibited by major museums throughout the world since 1980. A major retrospective exhibition of her work was shown at The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Dallas Museum of Art. Sherman is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. She is represented by Metro Pictures gallery in New York.
Eva Respiniis a former Curator in the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, New York where she contributed to numerous publications including Robert Heinecken: Object Matter (2014); Cindy Sherman (2012); and Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West (2009); Fashioning Fiction in Photography since 1990 (2004).
John Watersis an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and visual artist best known for his cult films, including "Hairspray", "Pink Flamingos", and "Cecil B. DeMented". He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Johanna Burtonhas served as the director of the graduate program at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.