Untitled Film Stills

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Untitled Film Stills is a landmark photographic series by Cindy Sherman in which she stages and photographs herself in cinematic, archetypal female roles to explore identity, gender, and representation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork
photographic series
collection Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED
color black and white
completionDate 1980
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Cindy Sherman NERFINISHED
depicts archetypal female characters
black-and-white photographs
imaginary film scenes
exhibitedAt Centre Pompidou NERFINISHED
Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED
Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED
Tate Modern NERFINISHED
features Cindy Sherman as model
genre conceptual photography
feminist art
self-portrait photography
hasPart Untitled Film Still #13 NERFINISHED
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hasSeriesOrdinality early major series by Cindy Sherman
inception 1977
1978
influenced appropriation art
contemporary feminist photography
influencedBy B-movies
European art cinema
Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED
film noir
language visual art
locationOfCreation New York City NERFINISHED
mainSubject cinema
female identity
gender roles
representation of women in media
stereotypes
medium gelatin silver print
movement Pictures Generation NERFINISHED
postmodern art
notableFor appropriation of cinematic tropes
critical examination of the male gaze
exploration of constructed identity
numberOfWorks 69
publicationDate 1980

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Cindy Sherman notableWork Untitled Film Stills