Cindy Sherman
born 1954
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Biography
Cynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American photographer and film director, best known for her conceptual portraits.
She is best known for "Complete Untitled Film Stills," a series of 70 black-and-white photographs which were meant to subvert the stereotypes of women in media (namely arthouse films and popular b-movies). In the 1980s, Sherman used color film and large prints, and focused more on lighting and facial expression.
In 1995, Sherman was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2013 she received an honorary doctorate degree from the Royal College of Art, London.
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Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #48
1979, reprinted 1998
Cindy Sherman Untitled A
1975
Cindy Sherman Untitled #97
1982
Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #17
1978, reprinted 1998
Cindy Sherman Doll Clothes
1975
Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #53
1980, reprinted 1998
Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #27
1979, reprinted 1998
Cindy Sherman Untitled
1976, printed 2000
Artist as subject
Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #48
1979, reprinted 1998
Cindy Sherman Untitled A
1975
Cindy Sherman Untitled #97
1982
Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #17
1978, reprinted 1998
Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #53
1980, reprinted 1998
Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #27
1979, reprinted 1998
Cindy Sherman Untitled
1976, printed 2000
Cindy Sherman Untitled #126
1983
Cindy Sherman Untitled B
1975
Features
Interview
Getting to know Cindy Sherman
How should a photograph make you feel? Happy? Successful? Cindy Sherman doesn’t think so
Tate Etc
Opinion: The dazzling lies of art
John-Paul stonard argues that the most powerful art is often based on elaborate untruths
Art Term
Formlessness
Formlessness is a concept, first introduced by French writer-philosopher Georges Bataille, who argued that art should be brought ‘down in ...
Art Term
Abject art
Abject art is used to describe artworks which explore themes that transgress and threaten our sense of cleanliness and propriety ...
Tate Etc
Rudely transgressing the boundaries between the elevated and the profane
Etc. Essay: The grotesque
Tate Papers
Lawrence Alloway’s Spatial Utopia: Contemporary Photography as ‘Horizontal Description’
The mobility of art was a concept central to British critic Lawrence Alloway’s understanding of the role of visual ...
Tate Etc
A kiss across the ages: Barnett Newman
The older man in the photograph was Barnett Newman, unexpectedly being kissed by the youngster Michael Auder. Carter Ratcliff looks ...
Tate Etc
Tate Etc. issue 5: Autumn 2005
Tate Etc. issue 5; Autumn 2005 online version of Tate magazine
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