FOMU presents Belgium’s first major solo of the American artist Cindy Sherman. Featuring more than 100 works from the 1970s to the present, the exhibition offers an exciting overview of this leading contemporary artist’s work.
Spanning five decades of work divided over multiple floors, the exhibition Anti-Fashion dives deeper into Sherman’s fascination for fashion and the nexus between her independent work and commissions in the fashion industry. With no interest in glamorous fashion shoots, she creates provocative photos featuring figures that could hardly be called beautiful, thus calling established ideals of beauty into question.
In her photographs, Cindy Sherman (b. 1954) looks at identity as a construct, exploring the ways in which women are depicted in mass media. She has served as her own model since the 1970s. Also on view is a presentation of Early Works 1975 – 1980 that sheds light on some of Sherman’s main motivations and ideas. It includes experimental works from her student years and her iconic series Untitled Film Stills.
FOMU’s Cindy Sherman exhibition is part of ENSOR 2024, a year-long programme marking 75 years since James Ensor’s death. Antwerp celebrates #ENSOR24 with exhibitions at FOMU - Fotomuseum Antwerpen, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA), Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerpen, and MoMu - Fashion Museum Antwerp
Anti-Fashion was realised by Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in cooperation with Cindy Sherman's studio in New York and her gallery Hauser & Wirth.
Cindy Sherman – Early Works 1975 – 1980 was developed in collaboration with the Verbund Collection, Vienna.
CINDY SHERMAN
From 28.09.2024 on show at FOMU
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Image: Untitled #414, 2003, Chromogenic color print ©️ Cindy Sherman, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
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