{"product_id":"cindy-sherman-centerfold-untitled-96-moma-one-on-one-series-paperback","title":"Cindy Sherman: Centerfold (Untitled #96): Moma One on One Series - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCindy Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eGwen Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the reception and the politics of an iconic image from Cindy Sherman's influential \u003ci\u003eCenterfolds\u003c\/i\u003e series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1981 Cindy Sherman (born 1954) was commissioned to contribute a special project to \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Given two facing pages, she chose to explore the pornographic centerfold, creating 12 large-scale horizontal images of herself appearing as various young women, often reclining, in private, melancholic moments of reverie. As Sherman explained, \"I wanted a man opening up the magazine to suddenly look at it in expectation of something lascivious and then feel like the violator that they would be.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSherman's \u003ci\u003eCenterfolds\u003c\/i\u003e were so provocative that they were never published for fear that they would be misunderstood. In her essay, Gwen Allen, Professor of Art History and Director of the School of Art at San Francisco State University, examines one of the most iconic photographs in the series, \u003ci\u003eUntitled #96\u003c\/i\u003e--in which a young woman lies on her back against an orange and yellow vinyl floor, clutching a scrap of newspaper--exploring the production and critical reception of Sherman's \u003ci\u003eCenterfolds\u003c\/i\u003e in relationship to the politics of pornography, gender and representation.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 7.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768787829024,"sku":"9781633451186","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/70844f5f076fb7a9c0f7b7c04d2c431c.webp?v=1780337262","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cindy-sherman-centerfold-untitled-96-moma-one-on-one-series-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}