BIOGRAPHY

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THE ARTIST PAINTINGS

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In her very close portraits with bright, immediate forms, the French artist

Karine WAGENER poses flat areas of bright colors that collide, free, bold,

sometimes biting or sour.  

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Although she often starts from photographs, she recomposes the frame to its own way and metamorphoses them through the sensuality of the oil.

She then moves away from the glossy paper and advertising posters to fit into the portrait painting tradition

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From the bottom of the child's or woman's eyes staring the spectator,

comes a mysterious innocence, a certain dreamlike, distant happiness.

It's a hymn to femininity and glamor in all its forms, in all its nuances, like an air of bossa nova.

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