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Cindy Sherman

born 1954

Doll Clothes 1975
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Biography

Cynthia Morris Sherman (born 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters.

Her breakthrough work is often considered to be the collected Untitled Film Stills, a series of 70 black-and-white photographs of herself evoking typical female roles in performance media (especially arthouse films and popular B-movies). In the 1980s, she used color film and large prints, and focused more on costume, lighting and facial expression.

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Performance art Feminist art Pictures generation

Artworks

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  • Cindy Sherman Untitled A

    1975
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled B

    1975
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled C

    1975
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled D

    1975
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #17

    1978, reprinted 1998
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #27

    1979, reprinted 1998
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #48

    1979, reprinted 1998
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #53

    1980, reprinted 1998
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Artist as subject

Left Right
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled A

    1975
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled B

    1975
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled C

    1975
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled D

    1975
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #17

    1978, reprinted 1998
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #27

    1979, reprinted 1998
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #48

    1979, reprinted 1998
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #53

    1980, reprinted 1998
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled #97

    1982
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled #98

    1982
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled #99

    1982
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled #100

    1982
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled

    1976, printed 2000
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled

    1976, printed 2000
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled

    1976, printed 2000
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled

    1976, printed 2000
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled

    1976, printed 2000
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled

    1976, printed 2000
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled

    1976, printed 2000
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled

    1976, printed 2000
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled

    1976, printed 2000
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled

    1976, printed 2000
  • Cindy Sherman Untitled #126

    1983

Features

  • Interview

    Getting to know Cindy Sherman

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    Opinion: The dazzling lies of art

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