Exhibitions
Cindy Sherman's look in The Women
The exploration of identity, gender, social stereotypes, and image construction through photography are characteristic elements of Cindy Sherman's work. Hauser & Wirth exhibits The Women from June 23 to October 26 at its Menorca space. This is the New Jersey artist's first solo exhibition in Spain in more than two decades.
A tour of a selection of Sherman's most iconic works from 1970 to 2010, highlighting the revolutionary role of his camera in his artistic practice. From self-portraiture as an expressive medium, through transformation and characterization in his works, to his critique of stereotypes and the influence of cinema and the media.
Cindy Sherman: The Women at Hauser & Wirth
The exhibition on Illa del Rei in Menorca, opposite Mahón Harbour, includes the groundbreaking Untitled Films Stills (1977–1980), through which Sherman came to widespread attention as one of the “Pictures Generation” artists who gained prominence in the 1970s and 1980s responding to the age of media and celebrity.
Cindy Sherman. The Women takes its title from the successful 1936 all-female play written by Clare Boothe Luce, a merciless ensemble piece about women-with-women interactions. Through each image, Sherman combines performance with photography, drawing the viewer's attention to the fact that identity is complex, constructed, and performed.
Cindy Sherman, Untitled, 2016
In Cindy Sherman: The Women by Hauser & Wirth de Menorca, iconic series such as "Ominous Landscape" (2010) and "Flappers " (2016–2018) will be on display, focusing on young women who challenged social norms and fashions in the 1920s. The exhibition focuses on key black and white images by the American artist, resembling a group of imaginary film stills. Also featured are Sherman's Bus Riders and Murder Mystery series from 1976, created while she was a student at the College of Buffalo State.
A highlight of this new exhibition is the Education Lab at Hauser & Wirth Menorca, a space where visitors will become part of an immersive experience through self-directed theater. Cindy Sherman's opening is in Menorca, but in Zurich you can see Ed Clark's Paint is the Subject, Pat Steir's Song, and Ryman's Just There Rothko; Rita Ackermann, Meret Oppenheim, Mika Rottenberg, and William Kentridge are exhibiting at other gallery spaces around the world.
