Cindy Sherman - Contemporary Art Part II New York Friday, November 16, 2007 | Phillips

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  • Provenance


    Metro Pictures, New York

  • Exhibited


    Brussels, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Boost in the Shell, May 22-July 31, 2005

  • Literature


    A. Cruz, A. Jones and E. Smith, Cindy Sherman Retrospective, New York,
    1997, p. 190, plate 147 (illustrated)

  • Artist Biography

    Cindy Sherman

    American • 1954

    Seminal to the Pictures Generation as well as contemporary photography and performance art, Cindy Sherman is a powerhouse art practitioner.  Wily and beguiling, Sherman's signature mode of art making involves transforming herself into a litany of characters, historical and fictional, that cross the lines of gender and culture. She startled contemporary art when, in 1977, she published a series of untitled film stills.

    Through mise-en-scène​ and movie-like make-up and costume, Sherman treats each photograph as a portrait, though never one of herself. She embodies her characters even if only for the image itself. Presenting subversion through mimicry, against tableaus of mass media and image-based messages of pop culture, Sherman takes on both art history and the art world.

    Though a shape-shifter, Sherman has become an art world celebrity in her own right. The subject of solo retrospectives across the world, including a blockbuster showing at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and a frequent exhibitor at the Venice Biennale among other biennials, Sherman holds an inextricable place in contemporary art history.

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Untitled #316

1995
Cibachrome print.
48 x 32 in. (121.9 x 81.3 cm).

Signed, numbered of five and dated “Cindy
Sherman 1995” on the reverse.This work is from an edition of six.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $43,000

Contemporary Art Part II

16 Nov 2007, 10am & 2pm
New York