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Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Self-Portrait with Sun Tan)
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- $4,000 - 6,000
$6,000
Lot Details
Chromogenic print.
2003
25 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (65.4 x 40 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 196/350 in ink on the verso.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This work was published by The Serpentine Gallery, London, on the occasion of the 2003 Cindy Sherman retrospective.
Provenance
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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