{"id":4796,"date":"2017-11-22T13:39:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T18:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2019-12-24T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T20:06:13","slug":"karen-argus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/karen-argus","title":{"rendered":"Karen Argus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"karen-argus-the-cloud\"
\nThe Cloud<\/em>
\n98.4″x86.6″; gabian basket, recycled plastic bags, rope, discarded children’s paintings, newspaper and women’s magazines; 2017<\/p>\n

Karen Argus
\nWinton, Queensland, Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

As an artist, I use any materials to present my ideas. I have a specific love for students’ discarded artworks and create paper banks of these, by colour, at the end of each school term. I like what discarded ideas say as a medium and often use these in my works to make another statement about things which have been discarded. In my work on toads, I question our values on humanity and compassion and use discarded papers to question whether we as humans have discarded our values.<\/p>\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m a higher degree research student working on my Masters, focusing on community collaborations, art education and arts practice. I’m a curator, teacher and artist. In 2017, I held two exhibitions, one which I curated involving six other artists on the theme of botanicals\/environment “Natural Introspectives” and, the second, a solo exhibition on the impact of toads in Australia.<\/p>\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

[click to email<\/a>]
\nFACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nThe Rite of an Introduced Species<\/em>
\n86.6″x98.4″; box collage, wood blocks, cardboard, newspaper, discarded children’s paintings, steel poles, steel mesh; 2017<\/p>\n

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\nMother, Father, Sister, Brother<\/em>
\n35.4″x35.4″ (each); collage (children’s discarded paintings, newspaper, aluminum foil) and paint on canvas); 2016 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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