Beverly Semmes

Works and biography

Biography.

Rubbery Blue

From plush, textured fabrics, New York artist Beverly Semmes creates large-scale dresses that hang high on the wall, cascading in luscious folds, often onto the gallery floor…

Beverly Semmes’s monumental sculptures and her smaller fabric creations are a delightful and provocative fusion of personal fantasy and social commentary. They explore the power of clothing and its ability to influence, and even define the self – who we think we are, how we choose to represent ourselves, and how we are seen and defined…