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Copyright the artist | | | Sherman, Cindy (1954 - ) USA
Untitled (Vivienne Westwood), 1993
Colour photograph; 165 x 124.5 cm 90's
UID 102-535
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Biography
American photographer. Studied at Buffalo State College between 1972 and 1976, directing her interest towards photography which she considered as an appropriate means of expression for a society dominated by means of communication. Her photographs are portraits of herself in various settings and according to various female stereotypes. There is a panoply of characters and stagings whose sources are taken from popular culture: old films, soap operas and sensational magazines. With her series from the 80s, Film Stills, Sherman rapidly occupied a featured place in the world of international art. Although these works are imbued with strong feelings of introspection and provocative sensuality, the photographs that mark the end of the decade have elements of horror and decadence. At the beginning of the 90s, she created a kind of caricature of historical characters portrayed in a series entitled, History Portraits. This was followed by series related with sex, horror and monstrous figures. Her work has been included in the same category as that of Sherrie Levine, Robert Longo and Richard Prince. Some of her works are part of the collections at the Tate Gallery in London, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington and the New York museums MoMA, Metropolitan and Brooklyn.
Exhibitions
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 10-10-2003 ~ 13-03-2004
Photography in The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 01-02-2005 ~ 30-04-2005
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Sin Título (el arte del siglo XX en la Colección Berardo) Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Spain 29-06-2006 ~ 26-11-2006
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 09-09-2007
She is a Femme Fatale Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 30-11-2009 ~ 31-01-2010
Arriscar o Real Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 08-06-2009 ~ 30-09-2009
Fragmentos Arte Contemporânea na Colecção Berardo MACE, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Portugal 24-09-2010 ~ 23-01-2011
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection, 2003 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 9728176856
Sin Título (el arte del siglo XX en la Colección Berardo), 2006 Published by Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza ISBN 8495892529
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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