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Karin Schäfer
Austria
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Artist highlights
- Experienced Artist
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Collage on Linen
- Other details : Artwork on synthetic panel. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 39.6x54.3in
About this artwork
In the SEAmaps my love for the sea, collecting old maps and sea maps, the fascination for ships, containers and ports are combined with my wanderlust and the joy of "getting lost" - in strange areas, bygone times, somewhere between cities , Countries, islands and oceans.
At first glance, my SEAmaps look like maps, with strange, sometimes well-known shapes of cities, countries and continents, but in impossible combinations. These are laid one on… top of the other, layer by layer, a lot happens at the edges, along the coasts, but just as much takes place below the surface, just like in the sea itself.
Just as ancient nautical maps were adorned with pictures of ships, gods, weather events and demons, people, things and representations can be found on these maps, which the SEAmaps bring to the present.
At first glance, my SEAmaps look like maps, with strange, sometimes well-known shapes of cities, countries and continents, but in impossible combinations. These are laid one on… top of the other, layer by layer, a lot happens at the edges, along the coasts, but just as much takes place below the surface, just like in the sea itself.
Just as ancient nautical maps were adorned with pictures of ships, gods, weather events and demons, people, things and representations can be found on these maps, which the SEAmaps bring to the present.
Karin Schäfer
Austria
Credentials
- Experienced Artist
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« Wanderlust and curiosity drive me on and the only way not to get lost is to survey the imaginary world. I am the cartographer of our longing places. »
In the SEAmaps, Schäfer's love of the sea, her collection of old land and sea maps, her fascination for ships, containers and ports are combined with her love of travel and the joy of "getting lost" - in foreign places, past times, somewhere between cities, countries, islands and oceans.
Her central approach is collage - dismantling, assembling, combining elements from other contexts and integrating them into new perspectives, scenes and actions.
Her central approach is collage - dismantling, assembling, combining elements from other contexts and integrating them into new perspectives, scenes and actions.
Karin Schäfer
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