Office Killer, the only film by Cindy Sherman, one of the twentieth century's most significant artists, has failed to be critically examined. Dahlia Schweitzer explores the film on a variety of levels, arguing that it is only through a close reading of the film that we can begin to appreciate the messages underlying all of Sherman's work.
One of the twentieth centurys most significant artists, Cindy Sherman has quietly uprooted conventional understandings of portraiture and art, questioning everything from identity to feminism. Critics around the world have taken Shermans photographs and extensively examined what lies underneath. However, little critical ink has been spilled on Shermans only film, Office Killer, a piece that plays a significant role both in Shermans body of work and in American art in the late twentieth century. Dahlia Schweitzer breaks the silence with her trenchant analysis of Office Killer and explores the film on a variety of levels, combating head-on the art worlds reluctance to discuss the movie and arguing instead that it is only through a close reading of the film that we can begin to appreciate the messages underlying all of Shermans work.
The first book on this neglected piece of an esteemed artists oeuvre, Cindy Shermans Office Killer rescues the film from critical oblivion and situates it next to the artists other iconic works.
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