Cindy Sherman is a widely recognized artist in contemporary art. She has worked as her own model for many years, and she has managed to capture herself embodying various personas, circumstances and time eras. The inspiration behind her photographs range from movies, magazines, art history, internet to TV; among others.
Sherman has managed to capture herself in so many different ways which manage to provoke the viewer with affecting, amusing and at times distasteful emotions. She takes on characters as they are perceived by the masses and creates stereotypes in a very creative and unusual way. Her images are made to make the spectator rethink history, mass media and stereotypes. To create her photographs she takes on the role as model, makeup artist, stylist, hairdresser and photographer. Her photographs range from the representation of women in society to images representing women in media.
Sherman tends to work in series, this is evident at the MoMA. All her works of are "untitled" to preserve that sense of ambiguity and different perception of the viewer. According to the MoMA website, on exhibition are more than 170 photographs ranging from the mid 1970s to the present.
Cindy Sherman currently lives in New York. Her works of art include some of the most expensive photographs ever sold.
Cindy Sherman's collection of photographs and videos are on display at The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Exhibition Gallery on the sixth floor at the MoMA.The MoMA is located at 11 West 53rd St in Manhattan.
MoMA dates: February 26th- June 11th, 2012
Untitled #463. 2007–08
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