It is said that, to be effective, art requires the viewer to actively participate in the piece. A case in point is Cindy Sherman in her classic series of 'Untitled Film Stills'. Here, Sherman creates a cinematic persona, places it in a scene and leaves the onlooker to construct the entire narrative based on our experience of a certain genre of film. I find it to be a wonderful, playful idea and Ms Sherman constantly shows her skillful, subtle understanding of popular culture and her remarkable ability to change her identity and submerge her own personality into the character she's playing. Imagine Picasso, Dali or Hockney trying to do that.
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