SARAH CARPENTER: SAATCHI GALLERY
MY PIECE 'TORN' WAS SELECTED TO BE SHOWN IN THE EXHIBITION FROM SELFIE TO SELF-EXPRESSION.AT SAATCHI GALLERY AS PART OF THE #SAATCHISELFIE COMPETITION.
THE PRIZE WAS JUDGED BY A PANEL OF RENOWNED ARTISTS AND FORWARD-THINKERS: TRACEY EMIN, IDRIS KHAN, JUERGEN TELLER, JUNO CALYPSO, AND SAATCHI GALLERY CEO NIGEL HURST. SAATCHI GALLERY AND HUAWEI ENCOURAGED ENTRIES THAT WERE EXPERIMENTAL AND INNOVATIVE THAT TOOK THE SELFIE IN EXCITING NEW DIRECTIONS THE SHOW WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF THE SELFIE FROM VELAZQUEZ TO THE PRESENT DAY, WHILE CELEBRATING THE TRULY CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF A FORM OF EXPRESSION OFTEN DERIDED FOR ITS INANITY. SHOWING ALONGSIDE EXAMPLES OF MANY INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS' WORK ARE SELFIES THAT HAVE QUICKLY BECAME ICONS OF THE DIGITAL ERA – FROM THE BEAUTIFUL AND SUBLIME TO THE MAD, BAD AND DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS. |