Cindy Sherman is one of the most recognised and influential contemporary artists of our time.  ‘Cindy Sherman’ at GOMA is the first major Australian solo exhibition in more than 15 years of work  by the renowned New York-based artist. In her career Sherman has produced an astonishing number of character studies, experimenting with costume, prosthetics, makeup and digital photography to embellish and manipulate photographs in which she enacts as the subject in her highly constructed images.  ‘Cindy Sherman’ includes more than 50 large-scale works drawn from public and private collections.  In addition to six important photographic series produced by the artist since 2000, it features an entirely new body of work created in 2016.  Highlights include: ‘Clowns’ 2003–04, made in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks in the USA, ‘Society portraits’ 2008, ‘Balenciaga’ 2007–08 and ‘Chanel’ 2010–2013, and an immense 5 metre-tall mural featuring a cast of eclectic, larger-than-life characters.

Sherman is renowned for her mastery of masquerade — her own image is at the centre of an inspiring array of character studies created over decades. Sherman expands on contemporary society’s fascination with aspiration, narcissism and the cult of celebrity, and explores the resulting emotional fragility. Focusing on large-scale photographs made since 2000, this exhibition charts the artist’s return as the central model in her artworks, for which she is also costume designer, make-up artist and photographer. The exhibition includes two series made with high fashion houses Balenciaga and Chanel, and an entirely new body of work shown for the first time outside New York.

Photo:  Cindy Sherman, Untitled #400, Image courtesy: The artist and Metro Pictures, New York © The artist

28 MAY 2016 – 3 OCT 2016
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