Cindy Sherman
Her images repulse and beguile in the same moment. Acknowledged as one the most gifted and influential artists of her generation, Cindy Sherman's photographs are haunting, bizarre, and sometimes downright unpleasant. Yet I can't keep my eyes off of them. She is famous among art lovers who track the world of photography.
Her art addresses issues of femininity and the role of women in society. She serves as subject and object in her potrayals of movie queens, fashion models, and subjects from Old Masters paintings. Her newer work catapults artificial body parts, decapitated dolls, and grisly violent scenes. With the interplay of illusion and reality, her art taunts us and dares us to look beyond our own limitations, stirring our most guarded fears and provoking pleasure in the spectacle of gore and violence.