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The title of Cindy Sherman’s breakthrough series of photographic self-portraits—“Untitled Film Stills,” taken from 1977 to 1980—should give some sense of how key the cinematic image is to her artistic practice. Drawing on images from a wide range of cinematic inspirations, from the B-movie to the arthouse film, Sherman’s “Film Stills” explored the relationship between the moving and still image, and could only be the work of an avid cinephile. On the occasion of Cindy Sherman: 1977–1982, a major exhibition at Hauser & Wirth New York, Sherman proves herself to be with this curated program of favorite films, mixing together cult chillers and undersung outlier works from Michael Powell, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Roman Polanski.
Cindy Sherman 1977 – 1982 is on view at Hauser & Wirth New York, 69th Street through July 29.
This program is presented in partnership with Hauser & Wirth