Sotheby’s is delighted to present a curated selection of some of the most iconic works by contemporary artist Tyler Shields, in collaboration with his representative London gallery, Imitate Modern. Best known for his provocative photography that relates to the themes of consumerism, violence, and fantasy, his images play with the notions of the gaze, power structures, hyperrealism, and cinematography.
Shields actively challenges in his practice the modern concepts of what constitutes portrait photography by addressing its structure in a shifting landscape of identities and meanings in our contemporary world. His vision is to capture a new type of life through exploring the fictional nature of both the historical and the classic. > Read More
