15 Nov 2008 to 23 Dec 2008
Hours : Tues - Sat 10 - 6pm
Opening: Friday 14 November 6-8 pm
Metro Pictures
519 West 24th Street
NY 10011
New York, NY
New York
North America
p: +1 212 206 7100
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f: +1 212 337 0070
w: www.metropicturesgallery.com
Cindy Sherman Untitled, 2008, color photograph, 97 x 64 inches Edition of 6 Image � the artist. Courtesy Metro Pictures, New York
15 November - 23 December 2008 Opening: Friday 14 November 6-8 pm
For her first exhibition of new work since 2004, Cindy Sherman will show a series of color photographs that continues her investigation into distorted ideas of beauty, self-image and aging. Typical of Sherman, these works are at once alarming and amusing, distasteful and poignant.
Working as her own model for more than 30 years, Sherman has developed an extraordinary relationship with her camera. A remarkable performer, subtle distortions of her face and body are captured on camera and leave the artist unrecognizable to the audience. Her ability to drastically manipulate her age or weight, or coax the most delicate expressions from her face, is uncanny. Each image is overloaded with detail, every nuance caught by the artist's eye. No prosthetic nose or breast, fake fingernail, sequin, wrinkle or bulge goes unnoticed by Sherman.
Sherman shoots alone in her studio acting as author, director, actor, make-up artist, hairstylist and wardrobe mistress. Each character is shot in front of a "green screen" then digitally inserted onto backgrounds shot separately. Adding to the complexity, Sherman leaves details slightly askew at each point in the process, undermining the narrative and forcing the viewer to confront the staged aspect of the work.
Sherman's work has been widely collected and exhibited by major museums throughout the world since 1980 and is the subject of numerous monographs.
Gallery hours: 10-6 pm, Tuesday � Saturday Please direct press inquiries to James Woodward at [email protected] or at 212-206-7100
KUNST HALLE SANKT GALLEN presents David Renggli - Scaramouche
17 August - 27 October 2013
David Renggli - in some respects a prodigy of the Swiss art scene - has repeatedly aroused the curiosity of the public for more than ten years thanks to a unique mixture of themes and forms, of spectacle, humour and poetry.
The Showroom, London presents Ricardo Basbaum: re-projecting (london)
12 July - 17 August 2013
The Showroom is delighted to present re-projecting (london), a major new commission by Brazilian artist Ricardo Basbaum, and the first significant presentation of his internationally renowned artwork in the UK.
