Inverted Odysseys: Claude Cahun, Maya Deren, Cindy Sherman

by Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contempor, Grey Art Gallery & Study Center

An "odyssey" through historical, theoretical, critical, and literary perspectives on the three artists.

Claude Cahun, Maya Deren, and Cindy Sherman were born in different countries, in different generations; Cahun in France in 1894, Deren in Russia in 1917, and Sherman in the United States in 1954. Yet they share a deeply theatrical obsession that shatters any notion of a unified self. All three try out identities from different social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262681064
• ISBN13: 9780262681063
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher