Cindy Sherman - Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, June 27, 2013 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Belgium

  • 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 # 298 (Comme des garçons, Wizard with Stars)

1994
colour coupler print
182 x 120 cm. (71 5/8 x 47 1/4 in.)
Signed, numbered and dated ‘Cindy Sherman 5/6 1994’ on the backing board. This work is number 5 from an edition of 6.

Estimate
£80,000 - 120,000 

Sold for £86,500

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

London 28 June 2013 2pm