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Working predominantly with the imaginary of contemporary heroes, Laurina Paperina pokes fun at art and life in her morbidly humorous paintings, drawings, installations and animations.
She describes herself as “a duck with a human head and vice versa...” who, “doesn’t want to make serious art”. Instead She ridicules the self-importance endemic to the artistic enterprise, as well as politics, religion, and pop culture, through her cartoonish caricatures.
In her multi-part project titled, How to Kill the Artists (begun 2007), Paperina pays twisted homage to modern and contemporary art stars like Picasso, Marina Abramovic and Takashi Murakami by killing them with their own work. Murakami, for example, is eaten alive by one of his maniacally grinning flowers while Abramovic performs herself to death.
The motivation of her relentless abuse is a wild sense of humor, a commentary on contemporary forms of media, and a successful attempt to make light of the all too often serious pretensions of today's art world. Despite their often gruesome acts, her child-like characters are disarming and full of wit.
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All artworks of Laurina Paperina
Painting, Blek le Rat VS Banksy, Laurina Paperina

Blek le Rat VS Banksy

Laurina Paperina

Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

£2,412

Painting, Picasso, Laurina Paperina

Picasso

Laurina Paperina

Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

£875

Fine Art Drawings, Pizza Magritte, Laurina Paperina

Pizza Magritte

Laurina Paperina

Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Gizmo vs Popcorn, Laurina Paperina

Gizmo vs Popcorn

Laurina Paperina

Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Man in a Bowler Hat vs Pigeon, Laurina Paperina

Man in a Bowler Hat vs Pigeon

Laurina Paperina

Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Wim Delvoye, Laurina Paperina

Wim Delvoye

Laurina Paperina

Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Spamming Superheroes, Laurina Paperina

Spamming Superheroes

Laurina Paperina

Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

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Who is the artist?

Working predominantly with the imaginary of contemporary heroes, Laurina Paperina pokes fun at art and life in her morbidly humorous paintings, drawings, installations and animations.She describes herself as “a duck with a human head and vice versa...” who, “doesn’t want to make serious art”. Instead She ridicules the self-importance endemic to the artistic enterprise, as well as politics, religion, and pop culture, through her cartoonish caricatures.In her multi-part project titled, How to Kill the Artists (begun 2007), Paperina pays twisted homage to modern and contemporary art stars like Picasso, Marina Abramovic and Takashi Murakami by killing them with their own work. Murakami, for example, is eaten alive by one of his maniacally grinning flowers while Abramovic performs herself to death.The motivation of her relentless abuse is a wild sense of humor, a commentary on contemporary forms of media, and a successful attempt to make light of the all too often serious pretensions of today's art world. Despite their often gruesome acts, her child-like characters are disarming and full of wit.

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When was Laurina Paperina born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1980