#three dimensions

The Constructed Self

Strips of colour intersect. Cubes shift and tesselate. Faces are obscured, spliced and transformed. These are works by Argentinian-born, Houston-based Karen Navarro, an artist working across photography, collage and sculpture. Her constructions take portraiture into three dimensions – pushing the boundaries of traditional image-making to create something unconventional. In doing so, she investigates the intersections of identity, self-representation, race, gender and belonging.