Cindy Sherman - The Collection of Lewis Kaplan London Saturday, June 28, 2008 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris

  • Literature

    Thames and Hudson, Cindy Sherman, exh. cat., Hasselblad Centre, Gothenburg, 1998

  • 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 No. 348

1999
Colour coupler print.
99.1 x 66 cm (39 x 26 in).
Signed, dated and numbered 4/10 in ink on the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for £3,000

The Collection of Lewis Kaplan

29 June 2008, 3pm
London