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Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Secretary)
- Estimate
- $4,000 - 6,000
$8,125
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print.
1978/1993
I. 11 7/8 x 9 in. (30.2 x 22.9 cm)
S. 13 7/8 x 11 in. (35.2 x 27.9 cm)
S. 13 7/8 x 11 in. (35.2 x 27.9 cm)
Signed, dated, and numbered 12/125 in pencil on the reverse, unframed.
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Cindy Sherman
American | 1954Seminal 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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