Weird Walk Zine - Issues 1 through 5 (Discounted) 50.00. Anti-Drug Propaganda (Zine from Desert Island Comics) 20.00. Indeed, one is struck by forms that recall a rib cage, spine, or perhaps a tomb, as much as by the sensation that Karlson is pulling us closer to something redolent of death in order to enliven in us a stronger, more certain sense of life. Decadence University Press - Complete Works (6 Comics) 50.00. Many of the works possess what Karlson has described as an “anti-petrifying effect,” a reminder that any interest in death is only another expression of interest in life. Maren Karlson is a drawer and painter that lives and works in Los Angeles and Berlin.' More » What people are saying - Write a review We havent found any reviews in the usual places. Her paintings inhabit the intersection of a shift in perception and an assessment of reality, cosmically penetrating a geometric process. MAREN KARLSON / KIRA SCERBIN, An angel isnt born and doesnt die, 2021, Colored pencil and UV varnish on, canvas, papier-mch, wood, 34 x 37 x 4 in. In the works on view as part of Cypher, Karlson’s interests in body, landscape, and structure coalesce.
Her combination of freehand drawing and painterly precision result in pillowy compositions anchored by a strong sense of line. Karlson detaches forms from organism and grid alike, and in their newfound isolation, conjures a sense of spirituality as well as a relationship to liveliness. FUTURA: BLOK II ONLINE VSTAVA / ONLINE EXHIBITION Maren Karlson: The Dust Speaks / Prach promlouv opening 15. The living leads her to the invisible, to the vulnerable, sometimes the shadowy or the unseen. Regardless of the varied and otherworldly character of many of the forms she depicts, all of Karlson’s motifs attest to dynamism, ecstasy, and pathos. Through this conscious multiplicity, Karlson renders static ideas of existence contingent and fluid, a compelling or worrisome proposition depending on who you’re talking to. In Cypher, we encounter the artist as she repeatedly transforms either-or into and-also: man made devices and-also nature’s most intricate forms, the sublime and-also the abhorrent, the space and-also the void. John Seal Christ 2020 Oil on canvas, maple 61 H x 54 W x 3 D. Maren Karlson Entrance 2020 Graphite on cut canvas 9.5 H x 7 W.
The experience of looking at Maren Karlson’s paintings is one of uncanny recognition: a simultaneous coming to and an evacuation of the senses. Maren Karlson Cave 2020 Oil on cut canvas 18.75 H x 14 W. Image courtesy the artist + FUTURA, Prague.
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