Staff Pick: Cindy Sherman Retrospective at MoMA

On Sunday I went up to MoMA to see the highly-anticipated Cindy Sherman retrospective. A master of disguise, Cindy Sherman has assumed a multitude of roles throughout her career, both in front of the camera—as a housewife, aristocrat or clown—and behind it—as a photographer, stylist, and art director.

From her groundbreaking series “Untitled Film Stills” (1977-80) (Sherman in stereotypical female roles inspired by 1950s and 1960s films), her ornate history portraits (1989-90) (in which she poses as aristocrats and milkmaids in the manner of Old Master paintings), and her larger-than-life society portraits from 2008 that address the representation of aging in the context of contemporary obsessions with youth and status, Sherman styles herself into female archetypes circulated by our image-driven culture.

The Cindy Sherman retrospective is open at MoMA until June 11th. Be sure to check it out!

Cindy Sherman Retrospective
Museum of Modern Art
February 26, 2012 – June 11, 2012