'Battlefish: Resurrection' - (Karen Hansen, 2022) Mixed Media, Vintage single use plastic and Art Resin on Canvas

BATTLEFISH: RESURRECTION (2022) 1220x600x35 mm

Battlefish: Resurrection is born from the Mixed Media skin fragments of Karen’s disassembled 2020 multi-award winning sculpture Battlefish; which featured in Rotorua Arts Trail 2020, and was the first to take out both judges and peoples choice categories.

In a post-apocalyptic future, where the oceans have little left, Ai and mutations reign - the fish are fighting back with kiwi ingenuity in the form of a trash-augmented warrior.

Battlefish: Resurrection, swims in an ocean 'painted' with single use plastic bags featuring slogans such as "BUY! SELL!" melted into form with a heat gun. He also sports medical tubing and packaging from the 1950's/60's when plastic generation and planned obsolescence really kicked into gear: manufacturing items that used to be one time purchases, now marketed as consumables. 

Battlefish: Resurrection, is an assemblage sculpture on canvas, held securely and protected with archival quality, non yellowing fine Art Resin. You can purchase with security that this piece will endure the years in your and future collections.

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