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Cindy Sherman (b. 1954) uses cross-dressing to explore gender, its social codes, its fluidity, and its “performativity.” The artist, who specializes in self-portraiture, dresses up, applies makeup, and stages herself to portray archetypal characters. By satirizing society’s stereotypical figures—from cinema to painting and popular culture—the artist has turned photography into a privileged space for freedom and artistic experimentation. This book, published in 2019, accompanied a major retrospective exhibition at the NationalPortrait Gallery in London, an institution that holds the world’s largest collection of portraits. 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 blurred line that separates them.
Published by The National Portrait Gallery
34 cm 25 cm, 255 pages, in good condition
ISBN
Cindy Sherman (b. 1954) uses cross-dressing to explore gender, its social codes, its fluidity, and its “performativity.” The artist, who specializes in self-portraiture, dresses up, applies makeup, and stages herself to portray archetypal characters. By satirizing society’s stereotypical figures—from cinema to painting and popular culture—the artist has turned photography into a privileged space for freedom and artistic experimentation. This book, published in 2019, accompanied a major retrospective exhibition at the NationalPortrait Gallery in London, an institution that holds the world’s largest collection of portraits. 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 blurred line that separates them.
Published by The National Portrait Gallery
34 cm 25 cm, 255 pages, in good condition
ISBN
