Cindy Sherman, New York artist and trailblazer of the selfie, once said she hates being called “a selfie queen” and that the appellation is total “cringe.” But there’s no denying that Sherman is the de facto selfie queen of the art world.
Sherman’s latest exhibition on view at Hauser & Wirth is a testament to that queendom. Her work is ever-relevant, especially given our society’s ever-growing dependency on, or addiction to, photo editing apps. The self-titled show, “Cindy Sherman,” puts more than thirty artworks on view, all of which feel like the natural continuation of the artist’s twenty-four-year exploration of photo manipulation—first with makeup, costumes and sets and more recently, with digital photo editing apps like Facetune, Photoshop, Perfect365 and YouCam Makeup.
For the uninitiated, these apps are typically used to smooth wrinkles, dimples and cellulite with a swipe, like magic or a digital fountain of youth........