- Full Name
- Karen Mainenti
- Profile Picture
Karen Mainenti in her studio with her Color Me Beautiful paintings
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Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse / 165 2nd St
3rd Floor, Studio #3057. Once arriving to the third floor, follow signs to the Sweet Lorraine Gallery. Walk through the gallery and make the first right. My studio is on the right.
- Studio Street Address:
- Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse / 165 2nd St
- Studio Street Address Detail
- 3rd Floor, Studio #3057. Once arriving to the third floor, follow signs to the Sweet Lorraine Gallery. Walk through the gallery and make the first right. My studio is on the right.
- Zip Code
- 11215
- Show Address & Map?
- Yes
- Artist Statement
- My work is a re-engagement of appropriated text and images from consumer products, advertising and media. By reframing these messages—often with humor—I reveal the absurdity and unnatural expectations that society has come to accept as commonplace. My new collection of collages, “The World Without Us,” reconsiders ordinary objects as relics of humanity’s time on Earth. I envision the planet after our extinction, with animals appearing to contemplate inscrutable consumer products left behind by the human race. A reflection upon a year upended by the pandemic, where nature has shown that it is simply and unmistakably in control, I consider the passion with which we undertake our consumerist behavior as we essentially destroy the planet.
- Portfolio Images
- 108 1628277582 Image
Mascara Razor Birds (The World Without Us), Collage and graphite on paper, 11 x 8.5in, 2020 109 1628277645 ImageHair Styling Gorillas (The World Without Us), Collage and graphite on paper, 11 x 8.5in, 2020 110 1628277704 ImageWhitmans Chocolate Snake (The World Without Us), Collage and graphite on paper, 11 x 8.5in, 2020 111 1628277784 ImageWoodpecker Lipsticks (The World Without Us), Collage and graphite on paper, 11 x 8.5in, 2020 112 1628277846 ImageTypewriter Birds (The World Without Us), Collage and graphite on paper, 11 x 8.5in, 2020 113 1628277896 ImageHairstyling Turtles (The World Without Us), Collage and graphite on paper, 11 x 8.5in, 2021 114 1628277936 ImageSnow Owl Appliances (The World Without Us), Collage and graphite on paper, 11 x 8.5in, 2021 115 1628277961 ImageOld Spice Ducks (The World Without Us), Collage and graphite on paper, 11 x 8.5in, 2021 116 1628277991 ImageButterfly Dishwasher (The World Without Us), Collage and graphite on paper, 11 x 8.5in, 2020 117 1628278079 ImageChanel No. 5 Owl (The World Without Us), Collage and graphite on paper, 11 x 8.5in, 2021
- Media
- Collage
- Contact
- kmainenti@gmail.com
- Show Email?
- Yes
- Website
- www.karenmainenti.com
- Phone:
- Show Phone Number?
- No
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