Cindy Sherman, Untitled (Vanity Mirror)

Untitled (Vanity Mirror), 2020
Corian, distorted mirror, photographic print
Artist's signature embossed in ink
6 inches wide x 8 inches long
Edition of 100

Cindy Sherman—-known for her iconic body of work that features herself performing as numerous fictitious characters, to create photographs that evoke media and cultural stereotypes alongside historical characters-—will make a hand-held vanity mirror edition for Performa’s 15th Anniversary. Created using distorted glass to replicate a fun-house experience—and a nod to her recent work on Instagram, where she uses facial distortion software to transform her image—the mirror will reflect the viewer’s face alongside Sherman’s own digitally distorted image printed onto the glass, allowing viewers to inhabit Sherman’s world momentarily. Sherman has previously stated: “I am trying to make other people recognize something of themselves rather than me.”

Photo Credit: Alistair Matthews

Commissioned for the 2020 Performa Telethon