Publisher/西武美術館

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The 10th issue of the art magazine "Art Vivant", published by the bookstore attached to the Sezon Museum of Art, formerly operated by the Seibu Group, features a special feature on Cindy Sherman. From the late 1970s to the 1980s, the photography world underwent a period of great change, moving from serious photographs that focused on the personal interior rather than the public exterior to a number of humorous photographs that intersected with the trends of contemporary art. Cindy Sherman is a prime example of this postmodernization of the photography world. Sherman modeled herself in the virtual world created by mass media such as film, advertising, pornography, and fashion, directing her own gestures, perspective, backgrounds, and costumes to create virtual still photographs. The photographs, created in large format prints, were highly praised for their fresh surprise and suggesting new possibilities for the multifaceted medium of photography. The book introduces a wealth of illustrations and essays on Sherman, who dominated the photography world in the 1980s.