Cindy Sherman/Untitled Film Stills

Abstract: A 4 page research paper that profiles Cindy Sherman's series of photographs Untitled Film Stills (1977-1980), which are regarded as a "hallmark of postmodernist art," for the manner in which they employ "mass-media codes and techniques of representation" in order to convey social comment on contemporary society (Blessing, 2002). In this series of 69 black-and-white photographs, Sherman herself posed in various situations and melodramatic guises that recall the stereotypical publicity stills used to advertise B-grade movies from the 1950s through the 1960s. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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Catagory: Artists, Art Genre, & Famous Works Of Art

Subcatagory: Art & Architecture

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