Cindy Sherman, Untitled #150, 1985. Courtesy of the Artist and Metro Pictures, New York © 2019 Cindy Sherman.
In a visual era defined by performative selfies and metamorphosing face filters, the possibility of a multiplicity of identities has become a tangible reality. Rising to prominence in the 1980s, American artist Cindy Sherman is a visionary in terms of using the image—specifically the self-portrait in her series such as Untitled film stills and Clowns for example—as a vehicle to explore the fluidity of the self and the ways in which aspects of identity are socially-constructed rather than ‘natural’ attributes. At a time where the idea of singular self is increasingly drawn into question due to the shapeshifting tendencies of social media, it’s only fitting then that Sherman would be the subject of a major retrospective opening this autumn at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Initially scheduled for 2 April to 31 August 31 2020, the exhibition is now due to open on 23 September 2020 running through to 3 January 2021.
Bringing together some 170 works produced between 1975 and 2020, Cindy Sherman at Fondation Louis Vuitton is set to feature a number of the artist’s groundbreaking series including Untitled film stills, Rear Screen Projections, Fashion, History Portraits, Disasters, Headshots, Clowns, Society Portraits, Murals, and Flappers, as well as a new set of previously unseen images presenting male figures and couples.
See some of the works to be displayed below:
Cindy Sherman at Fondation Louis Vuitton is running from 23 September 2020 to 3 January 2021.