Cannon Hersey , Silk Route Series, Chisholm Gallery, LLC

1. Cannon Hersey
Silk Route
The photographs utilized in the silk route series were taken between 1997 and 2000 in China, India,
Mongolia, Tibet and Nepal. The fabrics utilized within The pieces was collected between 19997 and
2009 and include an antique Chinese Jackets, 19th Century hand printed Tibetan blanket,
Shanghai Tang Jacket, contemporary Indian and European silks collected by Mr. Hersey between
2006 and 2009. The frames were create by Cannon Hersey with a blacksmith utilizing architectural
Bronze.
Works from this series are in the collections of Marilyn Oshman, Jim Figura, Felicia Murray, Ruth
Seikevitz and Stanley Stern.

2. Buddhist Apartment Project, 1999-2008
Silk Route Series
C-print of a panoramic photograph on
Contemporary Indian Silk in an architectural
bronze frame
10”x24”
$7000

3. Framing the Other I, 1998-2008
Silk Route Series
C-Print of Panoramic photograph on contemporary Indian
Silk in an architectural bronze frame.
12”x25”
$7000

4. Swayambu Stupa, 1999-2008
Silk Route Series
Antique Chinese silk jacket,
c-print and bronze frame
16”x17”
$7500

5. Bhodi Nat Stupa, 1999-2008
Silk Route Series
c-print on an Antique Chinese silk jacket
section in an architectural bronze frame
15”x18”
$7500

6. Mother + Child, 1997-2008
Silk Route Series
c-print on an antique Chinese
silk jacket on a Tibetan silk shirt
in an architectural bronze frame
20”x20”
$8500

7. Framing the Other i, 1998-2008
Silk Route Series
Pigment print of a panoramic photograph on watercolor
paper mounted on contemporary Indian silk and antique
Chinese silk embroidery in an architectural bronze
frame.
11” x 5”
$4000

8. Framing the Other ii, 1998-2008
Silk Route Series
Pigment print of a panoramic photograph on watercolor
paper mounted on contemporary Indian silk and
European synthetic fabric covered by the a section of a
Shanghai Tang Jacket in an architectural bronze frame.
11” x 5”
$4000

9. Nepalese Buddhist Temple, 1998-2008
Silk Route Series
Pigment print of a panoramic photograph on watercolor paper mounted on
contemporary Indian silk cobvered by a section of a Shanghai Tang Jacket in a
blackened architectural bronze frame.
11” x 5”
$4000

10. “Grafitti Monk,” 1999-2009
Dura trans photo print on an LED light Panel within a shanghai tang jacket
with an antique Chinese jacket section sown around the photograph on a 19th
century hand Tibetan printed blanket.
44”x 30”
$15000