SHANA MOULTON

In the two decades since creating her alter ego, Moulton has meticulously accessorised her world with such detail that ‘Cynthia’ has become synonymous with a distinct and instantly recognisable vocabulary. Moulton deftly combines aesthetic registers that are, on the surface, disparate and even antithetical to one another: spiritual iconography, medical devices, kitsch décor, art-historical references, pharmaceutical logos, clips from music videos. Found and self-shot images coalesce. As she plays with prescribed hierarchies of value, she both comments on the flattening results of corporatism and makes us see connections between different facets of culture in ways that are generative and profound.

Text by Erica Papernik Shimizu

Shana Moulton was born in Oakhurst (USA) in 1976. Her work has been shown at MoMA, New York (US) ; MCASB, Santa Barbara (US); Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland (CH); Zabludowicz Collection, London (GB); Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich (CH); New Museum, New York (NY) ; MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland (US); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR); UCCA, Beijing (CN); Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Warsaw (PL); Lyon Biennale, Lyon (FR); Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich (CH); Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (US); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US), amongst others.

Courtesy Crèvecoeur