Cindy Sherman Frames Analysis

SUBJECTIVE FRAME
Born 1954. Attended State University College at Buffalo, NY, majored in art, and received a bachelor's degree in 1976. "It wasn't until college that I had any concept of what was going on in the art world. My idea of being an artist as a kid was a courtroom artist or one of those boardwalk artists who do caricatures. My parents had a book of, like, the one hundred one beautiful paintings, which included Dali and Picasso among the most recent artists."
In 1981, Sherman had her first one-person exhibition, which made rounds through New York, Chicago and Genoa, Italy.
Conceals her identity through her photography. Sometimes she acts as an omnipresent narrator, but also, as in 1977's Untitled Film Stills series, is the main model and protagonist. Although, the majority of her photographs are pictures of her, these photographs are most definitely not self-portraits.
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