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Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #32
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- £120,000 - 180,000‡
£177,800
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gelatin silver print
signed and dated 'Cindy Sherman 1979' on the reverse
image: 37.9 x 48.2 cm (14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
sheet: 40.5 x 50.6 cm (15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
sheet: 40.5 x 50.6 cm (15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1979, this work is from an edition of 3.
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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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