Cindy Sherman
dal 2/6/2003 al 25/8/2003
Segnalato da
2/6/2003
Cindy Sherman
Serpentine Gallery, London
This is Cindy Sherman's first survey exhibition in the United Kingdom for more than a decade. It traces her career through her 'portraits' and ‘characters', as she refers to them. It will also include several new works displayed here for the first time in a public exhibition.
Cindy Sherman is widely recognised as one of the leading artists of our time. Since the late 1970s, she has been taking photographs of herself, combining the roles of director, photographer and leading actress.
Adopting an array of disguises, she explores and exposes well-defined images and stereotypes of women in Western society throughout history. Sherman first became known in the mid-1970s for her series of Film Stills, black-and-white photographs in which she imitated both the characters and settings of Hollywood B-movies, followed by her work in colour making reference to fashion photography.
In her History Portraits of the early 1990s, Sherman exposed traditional depictions of femininity by referencing Old Master paintings. More recently, she has focused on the image and perception of older women in a series of colour photographs.
This is Cindy Sherman's first survey exhibition in the United Kingdom for more than a decade. It traces her career through her 'portraits' and ‘characters', as she refers to them. It will also include several new works displayed here for the first time in a public exhibition.
Image:
Cindy Sherman, Untitled # 225 1990, Colour photograph
Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures
© 2003 Cindy Sherman
Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London W2 3XA
020 7298 1515