I
visited the Museum of Modern Art’s Cindy Sherman exhibit. It was one of
the best exhibits I’ve seen in a while and thoroughly enjoyed it. The
exhibits set up was the result of meticulous aesthetic consideration,
which furthered the viewing experience. Your initial sight when entering
the exhibit is massive images of Cindy Sherman blown up on the walls
outside the room in a variation of colorful costumes that grab your
attention and made you know what to expect.
My
favorite part of the exhibit was the room of the first black and
white images she did in the 1970s. I thought her ability to change and
alter herself before the age of digital photos was pretty amazing and
made me appreciate the images more. Although I enjoyed her earlier black
and white images, her newer images are still incredible and some were
really haunting (still thinking about this one).
She
uses close ups to capture a lot of things and show the detail on her
large variety of her character’s faces. Her newer images are a little
more dark and some almost grotesque which I found enticing, but also
hard to view for long. Something else I noticed and enjoyed was the
projection they had of Cindy Sherman’s name on the outside of the
exhibit shifted between fonts every few seconds, this can also be seen
online. Her ability to break the divide and be photographer, stylist,
and model in the majority of her images is an excellent reflection of
her skills as an all-around artist.
Before
I went to the exhibit I literally knew nothing about her work and one
of the aspects I enjoyed was the ability to take me through the various
stages of her work up to her most recent stuff. She has managed to do a
lot over the course of her career and it is impressive to see and learn
about it all at once.
Cool short she did in 1975 that was on display
(Where I got the image of the opening)
http://www.wornthrough.com/2012/03/01/cindy-sherman-opening-at-moma/
