Carina Wagenaar

Wagenaar’s works of art are inspired by cameos, small medallions, lace, and relics and possess narrative symbolism. Expressions of feelings, thoughts and sensitivity are being translated into these 3-dimensional stories. Often the combination between history and current events are great motives of these large works where humor is a hidden part of it. All our abundance of objects acts as raw materials for a new detailed story behind half sphere acrylic glass. Her vision on the importance of details can be seen in every work she creates. The objects used have often symbolic value in these stories. All details matter, just like in real life. By creating meaningful art out of existing materials something new originates from it that hopefully makes people think about how to deal with the world differently. ‘My work is mainly about expressing the identity of the moment. I try to create artworks that represents a stillness in their physical appearance, essence, and representation. During my working process I use shapes and structures, take them apart, use fragments, transport them to a new context and turn them into a new story. I have always been intrigued by the beauty of things, storytelling, and the mystical world around us. In my works I want to capture a fleeing moment in the many details that surround us and stopping time that perhaps tells you so much more than many people think. A recording of the identity of the moment in which objects have melted into a whole in a symbolic field of tension.’