Artist Information:
Kerstin Wagener
Berlin,
Germany
Member Since: May 2008
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Artist Statement:
at home singing a song about
the world and the world
replies with a song about
oneself
the last years I was working
on the idea of getting the
personal and the public themes
more together. So I started to
shoot(!) my home. When I saw
the pictures on my computer,
frames from somewhere else
crossed my mind. from TV,
advertising, memory,
books....I asked myself what
if all those things out there
would happen right in my home.
So I mounted them together and
printed them out on canvas,
and started to overpaint them
to increase in a way the
damage the pictures made, when
they came together.
Thinking of this I ended up
with the strange feeling of
being attacked by an outer
world and the need of defence.
I built a series of drawing
and object, which is called
machofighter. (a woman army)
So I went more far with this
attacks of my home. Now my
home was becoming a combat
zone. I stroke back with works
like „the artists revanche“
but then I got more the
feeling of what Nietzsche
said: “who fights with
monsters, be aware not to
become one on itself. And if
you ...
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Kerstin Wagener's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Kerstin Wagener's Portfolio. Browse Kerstin Wagener's body of work: at home singing a song about the world and the world replies with a song about oneself
the last years I was working on the idea of getting the personal and the public themes more together. So I started to shoot(!) my home. When I saw the pictures on my computer, frames from somewhere else crossed my mind. from TV, advertising, memory, books....I asked myself what if all those things out there would happen right in my home. So I mounted them together and printed them out on canvas, and started to overpaint them to increase in a way ... |
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