Intro: Cindy Sherman is a photographer. She is mostly known
for her influential photographs of women during her Untitled Film Stills
Series, 1977-1980. In her work she identifies stereotypes about women in the
media and tries to dismantle them.
Style: Contemporary Art, Socially Critical Photography
Themes: Coming of age, womanhood, rise of feminism, the
American women's movement. Stereotypes of women in media, damsel in distress.
Influences: Feminism, stereotypes of women in media, images
of women in films from 1950-60
Artworks: Untitled Film Still #13 - from the untitled film
stills series
Untitled film still #21 - from the untitled film stills
series
Untitled #92 - from the Disaster and fairy tale series
Untitled #16 - from the untitled film stills series
Untitled film still #33 - from the untitled film stills
series
Works Cited
“Cindy Sherman Biography, Art, and Analysis
of Works.” The
Art Story, www.m.theartstory.org/artist-sherman-cindy.htm.
“Cindy Sherman.” The Broad,
www.thebroad.org/art/cindy-sherman.
“Cindy Sherman.” Art21, art21.org/artist/cindy-sherman/.
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