The Best Art Pieces for Selfies

Selfies usually take place in dirty bathrooms, but why not bring the Smartphone portraiture to the next level? Any shiny surface could serve as the medium for your next profile picture or Instagram shot. This year, we saw an influx of mirrored art at the Frieze Art Fair and Armory Show along with a lot of visitors snapping shots of themselves with the works of art. From hanging sculptures to permanent installations, these are The Best Art Pieces for Selfies.

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Aitken's works often take the form of giant words. This piece is perfect for a selfie that mixes high art with low culture.

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Mexican artist Guzman often uses Aztec themes in his works. "Smoking Mirror" is the English name of the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca. This work provides a selfie layered with cultural and temporal reference. Or in the least, it has a cool bamboo background.

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Burr's work deals with longing, grief and memory. This sculpture makes us long to snap a picture of ourselves.

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This tower of mirrors gives selfie-addicts to take a modern art twist. Webb's mini mosaic edifice transforms typical selfies into that Picasso painting you've always wanted.

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Forget Le Corbusier lamps. If we could have any piece of furniture in the world, it would be this Bazaar mirror by Swiss artist Mattia Bonetti, who's known for her unconventional furniture designs. Just imagine how dope our mirror selfies would be.

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For people who want to capture the whole moment, this dual mirror sculpture will give you a 360-degree selfie.

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White's magical sculpture is made of geometric mirrors and colored paper. If you can capture a selfie in this intricate work, it's totally worth it.

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German-born Alicja Kwade's installations are meant to make viewers look at their bodies in a different way. Her imperfect mirrors have been reshaped to project distorted versions of what we typically see in our reflections. They would also make for a strange selfie.

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Daniel Rozin's Weave Mirror resembles pixelated video games from our childhood and the computer graphics of yesteryear. Rozin doubles as a computer developer, who incorporates algorithms into his pieces to create installations that change and react to a viewer's presence. This makes for a super high-tech selfie.

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In a recent exhibition in Germany, "Kapoor in Berlin," the artist presents a dark and bloody view of contemporary life. In his selfie-appropriate work, Kapoor again reflects our world back to us in a distorted image, suggesting our skewed reality.

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Doucet's serious work isn't appropriate for a silly selfie, but he still wants to capture your reflection. The half-blue mirror shows the viewer immersed in water, as a reminder of those still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Capturing a respectful photograph in this mirror may be in line with the artist's goal to keep the tragedy in our consciousness.

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Hein turned the Sculpture Garden at the Frieze Art fair into a mirrored illusion with this work, and he also made it the perfect place for a summer photo-op.

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Navarro's neon works create a trippy frame for a super artsy selfie.

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Canadian artist Tibi Tibi Neuspiel's latest installation, currently on display at NARWHAL Contemporary Art Gallery is a selfie-lover's dream. Consisting of a mirror, a slice of bacon, and some other noms, this piece allows you to photograph yourself and some food porn in one shot.

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Kapoor can't stay away from the reflective surfaces, and neither can anyone with a camera. If you've ever been to Chicago, you probably have the ultimate selfie with "The Bean."

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