The world literally froze for two years. We were obliged to bring our lives into a slow motion effect. It was an opportunity to look deeply into ourselves, be our own therapists. We were reborn into a new world.
Did we transform the way we see life, our priorities, our goals. Many questions circled in our minds setting our emotions onto a different level. I believe the answers will be revealed in every step we take going forward.
This building was constructed piece by piece from bits of a building in Italy. The characters are mannequins that have two sided meanings for me. They are all contemplating their own essence.
Camila Fenster2022 - 118x100cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - 2022 - 118x100cm Limited 10 - 2/36
Camila Fenster2022 - 118x100cm Limited 10 x
Iris lives in a rogue world, she is thinking about the pros and cons of bringing to light a new generation.
I used window mannequins for what they represent to me but brought them to life with photographs I took in Torino, others in Barcelona and some in the streets of Cinque terra.
Camila FensterIris - 132x100cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - Iris - 132x100cm Limited 10 - 4/36
Camila FensterIris - 132x100cm Limited 10 x
Alexa migrated to her past to where she felt life was more about the present, normal paced living, where she only knew what she needed to know.
I used window mannequins for what they represent to me but brought them to life with photographs I took in Torino, more specifically in the Cinema museum. The wallpapers in museums also inspired me to cut small pieces of my photographs and reproduce the pattern to seem perfectly like an existing wallpaper.
Camila FensterAlexa - 132x100cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - Alexa - 132x100cm Limited 10 - 6/36
Camila FensterAlexa - 132x100cm Limited 10 x
Amari is glamorous, sophisticated. She has progressive thinking, she believes in an evolved future where egos drop their masks and genuine acts of love prevail.
I used window mannequins for what they represent to me but brought them to life with photographs I took in Genova, in palaces I strolled through with my camera.
Camila FensterAmari - 132x100cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - Amari - 132x100cm Limited 10 - 8/36
Camila FensterAmari - 132x100cm Limited 10 x
Echo finds the balance to stroll through the overload of her daily life when she engages with nature. She resets her essence and grows her strength to welcome each new day with confidence.
I used window mannequins for what they represent to me but brought them to life with photographs I took in Torino of paintings of ancient cupboards, the skirt is funny because I needed a metallic texture so I photographed my kitchen scrub and multiplied it.
The :dog hat: I used a 3d ball I constructed a long time ago and molded a dog figure, inspired on the fact that I have been making many dog figures this year.
Camila FensterEcho - 132x100cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - Echo - 132x100cm Limited 10 - 10/36
Camila FensterEcho - 132x100cm Limited 10 x
Umi is aware of her compelling mystical energy and yet she poses serenely in order to expand the curiousness that surrounds her. She holds the national flower of Japan called Sakura in her right hand.
This flower symbolizes good fortune, hope, a new life with new beginnings.
I used window mannequins for what they represent to me but brought them to life with photographs I took of ceilings of churches and palaces I visited in Genova along with her bow with painted birds. Her skirt was fully constructed in illustrator program and her hair is a piece of a head band I photographed from a Portuguese designer.
Camila FensterUMI - 132x100cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - UMI - 132x100cm Limited 10 - 12/36
Camila FensterUMI - 132x100cm Limited 10 x
This artwork took me over two years to make, I started off with the car, using patterns I had constructed with very small details of photographs that I merged and altogether represent a panel of metallic texture. I put aside the car many times, I could not get myself to continue, the main reason being I didn’t want to put any of my “women” inside this great classic Porsche. It was too obvious for me, made no sense.
Then one day I photographed my neighbors dog, a Dalmatian, beautiful dog with well spread black dots. When I think of this breed it always takes me to evil Cruella and then my purpose with this artwork started to evolve.
A love story trapped into pure evil, a prison break was what they could hope for, following a meticulous plan this “pair” drove off into the sunset away from cruelty into an unknown new world.
Camila FensterCruella - 120x180cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - Cruella - 120x180cm Limited 10 - 14/36
Camila FensterCruella - 120x180cm Limited 10 x
While this artwork might shift away from the female figures I usually make, I am very loyal to my technique.
After arriving from Italy I had the urge to make something more graphic, and using the mannequin figures representing a chess board.
Two dogs playing chess can have so many interpretations. I actually investigated many checkmate moves and I hope I got this one right.
Feel free to discover who wins the checkmate and with what pieces.
Camila FensterCheckmate - 100x130cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - Checkmate - 100x130cm Limited 10 - 16/36
Camila FensterCheckmate - 100x130cm Limited 10 x
Astrid was made to exist between the past and the present. This artwork has many fragments of old details I photographed in the streets of Italy and Spain.
The flamingos symbolize balance & grace, love & passion.
When hanging a hot chilly pepper in the practice of Feng Shui is calling for good fortune.
Her blouse is made of tiles I photographed in the streets of London, and she has a pin that is actually a huge lamp from Cabo Verde.
Camila FensterAstrid - 130x100cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - Astrid - 130x100cm Limited 10 - 18/36
Camila FensterAstrid - 130x100cm Limited 10 x
Dear Sea,
I am writing to you to tell you how much I appreciate your existence.
I truly admire your strength and resilience. You have revealed your weakness, you have showed your sadness and you have proved your point. I want you to know I do what I can but understand I am too small to do more.
Sea, the world loves you, needs you and can’t live without you, the small people can only hope for your full recovery, and above all that the big people, a few scattered around will make you a priority so you can reconnect with us, just like old times.
All my love
Camila FensterAquarium - 130x100cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - Aquarium - 130x100cm Limited 10 - 20/36
Camila FensterAquarium - 130x100cm Limited 10 x
“Rogue World I, II, III, IV and V” Limited Edition of 1 - Size 132 x 100 cm
“There is no planet B” This is my statement and intent behind my latest series of artworks. 5 unique pieces, 5 covers, 5 women and 1 motive.
Camila FensterRogue World - x
Camila Fenster - Rogue World I - 132x100cm Limited 1 - 22/36
Camila FensterRogue World I - 132x100cm Limited 1 x
Camila Fenster - Rogue World II - 132x100cm Limited 1 - 23/36
Camila FensterRogue World II - 132x100cm Limited 1 x
Camila Fenster - Rogue World III - 132x100cm Limited 1 - 24/36
Camila FensterRogue World III - 132x100cm Limited 1 x
Camila Fenster - Rogue World IV - 132x100cm Limited 1 - 25/36
Camila FensterRogue World IV - 132x100cm Limited 1 x
Camila Fenster - Rogue World V - 132x100cm Limited 1 - 26/36
Camila FensterRogue World V - 132x100cm Limited 1 x
It’s Carnival. Schools have their kids dressing up as witches, clowns and superheroes.
A teacher not only launches a challenge but also gives an assignment to all the students:
Disguise yourself as something that makes your world a livable place!
Confusion. Brainstorming. Research. Interest. Knowledge. No witches, no clowns and no superheroes.
Camila FensterCarnival BEE - 100x100cm Limited 1 x
Camila Fenster - Carnival BEE - 100x100cm Limited 1 - 28/36
Camila FensterCarnival BEE - 100x100cm Limited 1 x
I created this artwork when there were the horrific fires in Australia that lead me to think about the earths lung - the Amazon rain forest.
The Earth is clearly disappointed in us humans in general, its has been showing signs of anger with tragic and furious responses that don’t happen now and then but with more frequency than we expect.
Gaia is the ancestral mother of all life, the primal mother Earth goddess who was born from chaos.
This little girl represents a whole new generation that will have the power to give birth to a new world where nature is sacred, preserved and seen as untouchable gold, there to exist and preserve in order for our survival to be possible.
Camila FensterGAIA - 90x90cm Limited 10 x
Camila Fenster - GAIA - 90x90cm Limited 10 - 30/36
Camila FensterGAIA - 90x90cm Limited 10 x
Franz Kafka connected Metamorphosis to the themes of the absurdity of life, and as human beings to our identity, compassion and also our alienation.
This artwork is about the concept about the infinite transformations our human body can experience, thus and above all our mind. Layers of intense inner work bloom to resurface a major change in us to embrace life with full awareness and a strong will to innovate.
Camila FensterAKA :Metamorphosis: - 100x100cm Limited 5 x
Camila Fenster - Metamorphosis - 100x100cm Limited 5 - 32/36
Camila FensterMetamorphosis - 100x100cm Limited 5 x
This artwork is made of birds & feathers, with the exception of a door knob and some roses. Humans have always used feathers as self adornments, betokening status, and among others to show wealth and vitality.
During 1500 years so much has been written with feathers, poems, speeches, contracts, books and love letters.
Birds are linked to higher knowledge they are the symbol of freedom and live in overall harmony. When we hear them chant we feel happiness, in peace. Birds fly, I think any human would love to be able to fly, we connect this lightness of movement to the freedom of escape or reach in any direction in the void space there is between the ground and the sky. Birds enlighten our lives in a million ways. I wonder, what do we do for them in return?
Camila FensterPIUMA - 100x150cm Limited 18 x
Camila Fenster - PIUMA - 100x150cm Limited 18 - 34/36
Camila FensterPIUMA - 100x150cm Limited 18 x
A strong desire to drink wines from around the world, or just the wines from your neighborhood shop, or even just the ones already in your apartment! Okay.. it is the desire to drink any wine!
The idea of this artwork came on my way to summer vacation, I wonder why?.. it has been in my head since then.. but unlike my others I needed to photograph specific things in order to make it and that is why it took more time..
So, she is made of bottles of wine.. the hair are grapes, the bench is made of corks and the background when amplified has a texture like a wallpaper and of course the glasses of wine on top. I had a great time doing this one, hope you like it.
Camila FensterWinederlust - 100x100cm x
Camila Fenster - Winederlust - 100x100cm - 36/36
Camila FensterWinederlust - 100x100cm x
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