Cindy Sherman: Mannequins Masks, Art21 Exclusive

Episode, 087: Surveying some of the props shes used over the years, including masks and mannequin parts, artist Cindy Sherman demonstrates how she uses standins to gauge the focus and composition of her images. In selfreflexive photographs and films, Cindy Sherman invents myriad guises, metamorphosing from Hollywood starlet to clown to society matron. Often with the simplest of meansa camera, a wig, makeup, an outfitSherman fashions ambiguous but memorable characters that suggest complex lives