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Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Madonna)
- Estimate
- £1,500 - 2,000
£2,750
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, on photo paper, with full margins,
1975-97
I. 17.5 x 12.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
S. 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 7 7/8 in.)
S. 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 7 7/8 in.)
signed and dated '1975-77' in pencil on the reverse, the edition size unknown, framed.
Specialist
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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