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Cribs, with Cindy Sherman
07.28.2009
12:40 pm
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The August issue of Vogue takes us inside the Manhattan duplex of noted photographer and conceptual artist, Cindy Sherman.  Along with the usual niceties—Kippenberger sculptures, a Prada-stuffed closet—we’re likely to find, what else, “wigs, mannequin heads and fake body parts, toys and novelties, masks, insects, and racks and racks of thrift-store clothing.”  For Sherman, there is, perhaps, no more loaded a notion than playing dress-up.  But for a lighter look at how she resolves gender “construction,” here’s her short film from ‘75, Doll Clothes:

 
Cindy Sherman in Vogue

 

Posted by Bradley Novicoff
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07.28.2009
12:40 pm
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