Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life | Author: Philipp Kaiser

Known for slipping seamlessly behind the rotating masks of fairy tale characters, centrefold models, historical figures, and clowns, Cindy Sherman tackles popular tropes in her photographs and brilliantly dismantles the stereotypes surrounding the roles she embodies.

Featuring illustrations that draw from the Broad collection, the world's largest collection of Sherman's photography, as well as other sources, this book traces Sherman's most important works from 1977 to the present. Curator Philipp Kaiser, taking his cue from Sherman's choice to title the book and exhibition after Douglas Sirk's 1959 film Imitation of Life, analyses Sherman's work from the standpoint of cinema and traces how such a reading can impact the critical discourse around her photographs.