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Series Title: 1989. A Portfolio of 11 Images Honoring Artists Lost to AIDS

Untitled

1980

Cindy Sherman

(American, b. 1954)
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Culture
America
Medium
Chromogenic print
Measurements
Image: 28 x 38.9 cm (11 x 15 5/16 in.); Paper: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro 2000.161.8
Impression
22
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Sherman is well known for portraits of herself in which she challenges accepted conventions of self-portraiture. Combining performance and documentation, Sherman masquerades as a variety of identities, impersonating real-life scenes and Hollywood dramas. From a series commemorating artists who died of AIDS, this photograph portrays Sherman in an ambiguous landscape, unattached to her surroundings. In contrast to the gritty documentary Polaroids by Mark Morrisroe, to whom Sherman’s image pays homage, this colorful photograph represents an imaginative narrative in which truth and identity remain unfixed.

Untitled

1980

Cindy Sherman

(American, b. 1954)
America

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