I was super excited to discover that Cindy Sherman's work will be at MOMA starting February 26, 2012 until June 11, 2012. This is an exhibit that should not be missed, she is an amazing photographer.
As described on MOMA's website, Cindy Sherman "is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential artists in contemporary art." What I like most about her is that her work uses the camera as a performative space. She has mastered the art of omitting her self from the scene as she constructs an array of personalities, people, and moments. Even though she is the subject for most of her work, the images are not identified as self-portraits.
Her Untitled Film Stills (some of which will be at MOMA) are some of my favorites. These images are Cindy Sherman's way of telling a story while at the same time allowing you to make up your own narrative. She takes stereotypical feminine norms and breaks them down, showing how identity is malleable by using her self as the subject to create all types of personalities. Her images force the viewer to think about how we construct our own personalities and how we present ourselves to the world.
I'm not exactly sure which photographs will be shown at MOMA, but here are some of my favorite Untitled Film Stills:
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #3, 1977
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #6, 1977
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #7, 1978
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #13, 1978
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #54, 1980
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #96, 1981
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #466, 2008
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #21, 1978
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