Cindy Sherman: Tapestries

Cindy Sherman is renowned for her photographic series, produced over many years, in which she transforms herself as characters. In 2017 a new series emerged online. Sherman started posting “selfies.” These startling images, commenting on the phenomenon of face altering apps/applications, have been given a new grandeur and permanent status using the fine and revered craft of tapestry. In Tapestries Sherman brings 21st century “face” technology together with the traditional craft of tapestry making to create new pictures, rich in texture and dense with detail.

Sherman’s “selfies” were originally produced as a series that she shared on her social media site. Created using face altering platforms available for smartphones, she amassed a series of grotesques and imaginary personae.
 
Too small in format to be reproduced in photography at epic scale, Sherman uses tapestry to elevate these humble, shape shifted selves to the importance and permanence of the official portraits made for nobility and the wealthy. These works are Cindy Sherman’s first major exploration of a medium beyond photography.

The exhibition has been made possible thanks to generous financial support from CAC Fonden, Aarhuus Stiftstidendes Fond and Stibo fonden For further information, please contact press at: presse@aros.dk.