Dream Weaver
December, 2014
A BROOKLYN ARTIST USES OLD-SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY TO CELEBRATE MODERN FEMALE SEXUALITY • Brooklyn-based tapestry artist Erin M. Riley's studio is covered in photos of half-naked women-all in the name of art. For her large-scale wall textiles, Riley finds and re-creates online selfies—those ubiquitous images of young women on social media sites such as Instagram or Tumblr, where the more revealing the photo, the more "likes" it garners. But while selfie is becoming a disparaging term in popu...
