Cindy Sherman - Contemporary Art Part II New York Friday, May 18, 2007 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Sandra Gering Gallery, New York; Skarstedt Fine Arts, New York; Tony Shafrazi
    Gallery, New York

  • Exhibited

    New York, Sandra Gering Gallery, Who’s That Girl?, October 21 - November 20,
    1999; New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, The Other Side, May 5 - July 20, 2006

  • 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 #127

1983
C-print.
39 3/4 x 31 in. (101 x 78.7 cm).
Signed, numbered of 18 and dated “Cindy Sherman 1983” on the reverse. This work is from an edition of 18.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

Sold for $45,600

Contemporary Art Part II

18 May 2007
10am & 2pm New York