Sara Cwynar: Image Model Muse

Exhibitions

Sara Cwynar (Canadian, b. 1985), Tracy (Gold Circle), 2017.

Dye sublimation print on aluminum, 30 × 38 in. Milwaukee Art Museum, purchase, with funds from the Ralph and Cora Oberndorfer Family Trust, M2017.18.

Overview

  • March 8–August 4, 2019

  • Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts

  • Free for Members

  • Included with admission

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

Additional artwork

Sara Cwynar, Tracy (Cezanne), 2017.

Dye sublimation print. Courtesy of the artist, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Foxy Production, New York. © Sara Cwynar

Support

Supporting sponsor

  • Live Wire Productions

Exhibitions in the Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts sponsored by

  • Herzfeld Foundation
  • Madeleine and David Lubar

The Milwaukee Art Museum extends its sincere thanks to the 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