Over 35 years of work by American photographer, model and artist Cindy Sherman is now on display at a retrospective exhibit at MoMA, New York.
The collection includes 171 photographs and Sherman's most ground-breaking works like the centrefolds of 1981, sex pictures of 1992 and clowns of 2003-04.
In her craft, Sherman is known for playing dress-up and masquerading as various different characters for her own camera. To explore themes like identity and representation, she creates different personas and tableaus, then photographs the resulting scenes. Amazingly, Sherman works solo in her studio – all makeup, photography, art direction and styling is done by her and her alone. From a clown to fashion victim, aristocrat and blonde bombshell, she amazingly and realistically assumes each role for her camera.
‘For over 35 years this relentlessly adventurous artist has created an eloquent and provocative body of work that resonates deeply with our visual culture,’ says Eva Respini, associate curator at MoMA.
The exhibition is also the US premiere of Sherman’s Photographic Mural, installed outside the sixth floor galleries. The mural was Sherman’s first foray into site-specific fictive environments; she has transformed her face using digital means to exaggerate her features.
The show can be seen until 11 June at MoMA.
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