Cindy Sherman (1954-) uses transvestism to question gender, its social codes, its fluidity and its "performativity". The artist, a specialist in self-portraits, uses disguise, make-up and staging to portray archetypal characters. By mocking the stereotypical figures of society, from cinema to painting to popular culture, the artist has made photography a privileged space for artistic freedom and experimentation. This book, published in 2019, accompanied a major retrospective exhibition at London'sNationalPortrait Gallery, the institution with the world's largest portrait collection. Presenting key examples of his work - from his earliest photographs to his most recent - it explores the didactic relationship between appearance and reality, and the blur that separates them.
Published by The National Portrait Gallery
34 cm x 25 cm, 255 pages, good condition
ISBN 978-1-85514-712-6
Cindy Sherman (1954-) uses transvestism to question gender, its social codes, its fluidity and its "performativity". The artist, a specialist in self-portraits, uses disguise, make-up and staging to portray archetypal characters. By mocking the stereotypical figures of society, from cinema to painting to popular culture, the artist has made photography a privileged space for artistic freedom and experimentation. This book, published in 2019, accompanied a major retrospective exhibition at London'sNationalPortrait Gallery, the institution with the world's largest portrait collection. Presenting key examples of his work - from his earliest photographs to his most recent - it explores the didactic relationship between appearance and reality, and the blur that separates them.
Published by The National Portrait Gallery
34 cm x 25 cm, 255 pages, good condition
ISBN 978-1-85514-712-6
