Cindy Sherman is known for photographic portraits that feature her performing as numerous fictitious characters to evoke cultural stereotypes and historical characters.  For this hand-held vanity mirror edition, the artist calls upon the user to complete the portrait when their reflection merges with a digitally distorted version of the artist's face. 

This exquisitely crafted mirror, which was made for Performa's 15th Anniversary, is an extension of Sherman's recent work on Instagram where she uses facial distortion software to transform her image.  The edition references a fun-house mirror because of the distortion but the layering of the user's face on top of Sherman's does something more. The artists has previously stated, “I am trying to make other people recognize something of themselves rather than me.”

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This limited edition mirror by Jenny Holzer features text from the great architect Philip Johnson.  The artist conceived of the edition to help support The Philip Johnson Glass House and the surrounding property in New Canaan, CT.  You can see the architectural icon reflected in the image above that shows the mirror specially mounted for display on location.  The mirror comes framed and ready to hang on your wall.

Find your swagger and coronate yourself with the Artware-exclusive mirror celebrating Basquiat's trademark crown and an excerpt of text in the artist's own handwriting taken from his prolific writings.  Line your reflection up with the crown and let the text inspire you to become the best version of yourself out on the streets.  The 24" diameter mirror comes ready to hang with a simple wooden mounting bracket.

The text, which reads "It all depends who you are on what street," comes from one of the artist's notebooks from the 1980s which were recently published in facsimile by Princeton University Press.  From the publisher, "The notebooks are filled with images and words that recur in Basquiat's paintings and other works. Iconic drawings and pictograms of crowns, teepees, and hatch-marked hearts share space with handwritten texts, including notes, observations, and poems that often touch on culture, race, class, and life in New York. Like his other work, the notebooks vividly demonstrate Basquiat’s deep interests in comic, street, and pop art, hip-hop, politics, and the ephemera of urban life. They also provide an intimate look at the working process of one of the most creative forces in contemporary American art.