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by Catherine Morris (Author)
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This text explores the art of Cindy Sherman, which unravels notions feminity, the body and sexuality. She photographs herself in such roles as Hollywood heroine, fashion model and art historical subject. Other work explores subjects such as fake body parts and horror scenes. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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  • Hardcover: 111 pages
  • Publisher: Wonderland Press (November 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0740702874
  • ISBN-13: 978-0740702877
  • Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #350,290 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction to this Remarkable Artist, May 21, 2000
By "pk001h" (Morgantown, WV United States) - See all my reviews
This short book can serve as a wonderful non-technical introduction to the work of Cindy Sherman. The book is filled with reproductions of her work from various periods in her stylistic evolution. Wisely, the author does not seek to didactically interpret Sherman's work for the reader-- instead she presents the material while raising a number of issues for the reader to contemplate.

For those unfamiliar with Sherman's work, one of the most striking aspects is her use of her own self as model in most of her works (especially those from earlier in her career). Her later works are a little more dangerous-- using dolls and other non-human subjects in often graphically subversive sexual contortions.

Cindy Sherman is a true contemporary genius in that her works speak to a very large audience on various levels of meaning. My only reservation about the book is that it seems a little too brief in its discussion of Sherman's biography (although the inclusion of her early work is certainly revealing). One wonders about the "real" Cindy Sherman-- and how she differs from the "Cindy Sherman" that appears in the Untitled Film Stills that solidified her position as a great American artist.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars inspirational and informative, December 1, 2004
By Maggie Fingers (A Place Called Won't Be There) - See all my reviews
I bought this book because, like most photography students (I'm getting my MFA), I've always been fascinated by Cindy Sherman and also because I've recently found my own work stumbling into the terrain of feminity and the aesthetics thereof. I thought this book would probably be oversimplistic in the analysis of Sherman's work and mainly bought it to have an index of her images, but the text is actually refreshingly concise and clear compared to most of the photographic theory I've read elsewhere. As a seasoned photography student and a relative novice in Shermanland, I highly recommend this book.
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4 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A great photographic work., April 5, 2000
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I was just surfing around and stumbled in here. I've read this title, Anyone unfamiliar with the model in question should get this and anyone familiar should read this as it is one of the greatest books on her. The only reason this does not get 5 stars is pieces of it I thought were wordy and a bit belaboring. Overall a great read however.
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