We are pleased to present RUFF HOOD, the first London solo exhibition by the German artist Volker Hermes.
Volker Hermes is internationally renowned for his ‘Hidden Portraits’ that make digital interventions into historical portrait paintings. Taking textures and patterns from within the antique image, he creates masks and new adornments that obscure the sitters’ faces and in the process sheds new …
Volker Hermes is internationally renowned for his ‘Hidden Portraits’ that make digital interventions into historical portrait paintings. Taking textures and patterns from within the antique image, he creates masks and new adornments that obscure the sitters’ faces and in the process sheds new insight on how fashion functions in historical imagery. This distinctive approach has seen collaborations with the Metropolitan Museum and Christies in New York, and Leighton House in the UK amongst …
