The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Untitled
1980
(American, b. 1954)
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.)
Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro 2000.161.8
Location: not on view
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.- Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009).The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2009 - 09/13/2009); "Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present"
- {{cite web|title=Untitled|url=false|author=Cindy Sherman|year=1980|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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