28/08/2026
Vermeer, Deep Fried
At first, just color and pixels. Swipe through and the image slowly reveals itself.
For girl_w/_pearl_earring, Cory Arcangel takes an image of Johannes Vermeer’s famous 1665 painting and subjects it to a process he calls “deep frying.” Using code, the image is repeatedly compressed, resized and manipulated until it reaches the point where figuration begins to dissolve into abstraction.
The two works capture different stages of this transformation, with Vermeer’s iconic portrait gradually becoming recognizable through the pixels.
Cory Arcangel
girl_w/_pearl_earring, 2022/2024
From FACES
Two digital pigment prints on hand-torn Hahnemühle rag paper
60 × 50 cm each
Edition of 45 + 8 AP
Diptych EUR 2,000
The work is available through schellmannart.com.