(tt) Cindy Sherman, photographic portrait artist who stars as the subject in all her work, is featured in a spendid retrospective at MOMA. Her work is disturbing, creepy and hilarious.
These are two of a series Sherman created in the 70's. It is an homage to cinema. You can see stars like Bardot, Monroe , Magnani and even Rita Tushingham in stills from non -existent films. Each sparks your imagination to "roll the movie".
Sherman takes a swipe at high fashion by draping her characters in sumptuous creations by Houses such as Balenciaga
This is from a series in which the artist creates the sadness of wannabes and has-been starlets in Hollywood
This is my favourite of her nod to the classic painters such as Reubens and Holbein. Here is her Caravaggio
Some magnificent examples of Sherman's tribute to the collagened, waxed and bejewelled richesse of LA and New York
And here is Ms Sherman taking a photo of herself for Vogue
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