Cindy Sherman - Photographs London Friday, October 25, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Metro Pictures, New York

  • Catalogue Essay

    ‘When I was in school I was getting disgusted with the attitude of art being so religious or sacred, so I wanted to make something which people could relate to without having read a book about it first. So that anybody off the street could appreciate it, even if they couldn't fully understand it; they could still get something out of it. That's the reason why I wanted to imitate something out of the culture, and also make fun of the culture as I was doing it.’
    Cindy Sherman

  • 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 #361

2000
Chromogenic print, flush-mounted.
Image: 90.8 x 60.5 cm (35 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.)
Frame: 114.3 x 84 cm (45 x 33 1/8 in.)

Signed, dated and numbered 6/6 in ink on the reverse of the flush-mount.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 

Sold for £28,750

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London Auction 25 October 2019