Artists

Selma Selman

Press release

On the occasion of Berlin Art Week, ChertLüdde is pleased to present Selma Selman’s (1991, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina) first exhibition at the gallery, titled Ophelia’s Awakening. 

As you step into the exhibition space, a sharp, pungent blend of gasoline and metal immediately fills the air. The smell is part of the artwork The Most Dangerous Woman (2024), created with the Perfumery School of Symrise AG in Holzminden for the artist’s recent exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. The abrasive smell wafts around the gallery, which has been transformed into a scrapyard of discarded cars and appliances. Mercedes-Benz car parts – remnants like doors and hoods, together with various metal objects – have been used as canvases. Oscillating between paintings and sculptures, these metal artworks contain portraits and auto-fictional texts from Selman’s series Letters to Omer (2021 – ongoing).