K R A M E R G A R F I A S
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ON VIEW
Galerie Wolfgang Jahn & Wunderkunst
curated by Mon Muellerschoen
group show, Munich
DURATION 26.06. - 03.08.2024
curated by Min Shin & Jisu Kim
Ear Ear projects, Munich
OPENING 25.07.2024
UPCOMING
Beyond: Tapestry Expanded, group show
curated by the American Tapestry Alliance
Peeler Art Center, Indiana, USA
OPENING 26.08.2024
Making a selfie is something very common these days. In times of smartphones, making a selfie becomes a kind of pleasure. For most selfies uploaded to social networks, users use so-called „face filters“ to modify themselves and their appearance. They want to show themselves from their best side and to appear flawless. Those who are satisfied with their results share them with their followers to present a newly constructed version of themselves. A digital panopticon comes alive.
Based on specially collected selfies, which the artist modified with the help of face filters from the repertoire of social networks she created unique pictures as a base for jacquard fabrics. A dynamic field of tension comes alive between the completely digital, the selfie, and its manifestation in the material, the textile.
"Meltingaway", detail photo, 2021, Polyester, 90 x 120 cm
"Filtersarelife", 2021, Jacquardweave & stretcherframe, 90 x 120 cm
"Liquidfaces" in the artist´s studio
"Meltingaway", 2021, Jacquardweave & stretcherframe, 90 x 120 cm
"Meltingaway 2", Jacquardweave & stretcherframe, 30 x 40 cm
"Filterlove", 2021, Jacquardweave & stretcherframe, 90 x 120 cm
"Filterlove", 2021, Polyester, 90 x 120 cm, studio view
"Liquidfaces" in the artist´s studio, photo by Constanza Camila Kramer Garfias