Photographer, Cindy Sherman was born on January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, N.J. She attended State University College at Buffalo, N.Y., majored in art, and received a bachelor's degree in 1976. She... Read full biography
Photographer, Cindy Sherman was born on January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, N.J. She attended State University College at Buffalo, N.Y., majored in art, and received a bachelor's degree in 1976. She began work on her Untitled Film Stills in 1977, the same year she moved to New York City. In Untitled... Read full biography
Photographer, Cindy Sherman was born on January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, N.J. She attended State University College at Buffalo, N.Y., majored in art, and received a bachelor's degree in 1976. She began work on her Untitled Film Stills in 1977, the same year she moved to New York City. In Untitled Film Stills (1977-1980), Sherman featured herself in different disguises that "resemble stock characters from Hollywood melodramas, providing a Post-modern commentary . " that addresses gender... Read full biography
Photographer, Cindy Sherman was born on January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, N.J. She attended State University College at Buffalo, N.Y., majored in art, and received a bachelor's degree in 1976. She began work on her Untitled Film Stills in 1977, the same year she moved to New York City. In Untitled Film Stills (1977-1980), Sherman featured herself in different disguises that "resemble stock characters from Hollywood melodramas, providing a Post-modern commentary . " that addresses gender stereotypes using the magazine centerfold, the fashion spread, advertising, children's literature, formal portraiture, historical records, and most recently, mannequins (www.artandculture.com). In 1981, Sherman had her first one-person exhibition, which made... Read full biography
Photographer, Cindy Sherman was born on January 19, 1954 in Glen Ridge, N.J. She attended State University College at Buffalo, N.Y., majored in art, and received a bachelor's degree in 1976. She began work on her Untitled Film Stills in 1977, the same year she moved to New York City. In Untitled Film Stills (1977-1980), Sherman featured herself in different disguises that "resemble stock characters from Hollywood melodramas, providing a Post-modern commentary . " that addresses gender stereotypes using the magazine centerfold, the fashion spread, advertising, children's literature, formal portraiture, historical records, and most recently, mannequins (www.artandculture.com). In 1981, Sherman had her first one-person exhibition, which made rounds through New York, Chicago and Genoa, Italy. Sherman seemed to have a fresh approach to pop-culture,... Read full biography
Cindy Sherman - Artist Info
About Cindy Sherman: Books
Books & Publications (4)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
2009
Respini, Eva
168 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
In Real Life: Six Women Photographers
2000
Sills, Leslie and Lola Alvarez Bravo
80 pages (color)
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