Sara Cwynar: Image Model Muse

March 8–August 4, 2019
Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts

Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based artist Sara Cwynar (b. 1985) explores through film and photography the subjects of color and design, the ways that they operate politically, socially, and historically, particularly in the context of how we conceptualize beauty. This first US solo museum exhibition for the artist presents three of her latest films–Soft Film (2016), Rose Gold (2017), and Cover Girl (2018)–together with photographs from her ongoing Tracy series.

Co-organized with the Minneapolis Institute of Art


Supporting Sponsors: Live Wire Productions
Exhibitions in the Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts sponsored by: Herzfeld Foundation Madeleine and David Lubar
Thanks to the Museum Visionaries:Donna and Donald Baumgartner John and Murph Burke Sheldon and Marianne Lubar Joel and Caran Quadracci Sue and Bud Selig Jeff Yabuki and the Yabuki Family Foundation
Image:
  • Sara Cwynar (Canadian, b. 1985) Tracy (Gold Circle), 2017. Dye sublimation print on aluminum, 30 x 38 in. Milwaukee Art Museum, purchase, with funds from the Ralph and Cora Oberndorfer Family Trust, M2017.18.
  • Sara Cwynar, Tracy (Cezanne), 2017. Dye sublimation print. Courtesy of the artist, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Foxy Production, New York. © Sara Cwynar