Karov
Karov is a creative based in Australia. She specializes in drawing and screen-printing but has experimented with numerous mediums. Many of her works focus on issues of gender and their intersection with other social constructs, such as perception, the divide between public and private space, and body image.
Editorial Works
Her written work is focused on issues of sexism and generational trauma. She also commonly reviews movies and books. Karov has had her poetry published in multiple student publications. Karov has also worked as an editor and illustrator for the ANU Literature Society publication, Rabbit Hole in the 2020 and 2021 editions.
Problems With Perception
This work was made when considering how much trust is placed in our own perception. This work is particularly focused on how our site can be corrupted by problems with reflection, emotion, placement, and perception. The work is made of continuous line drawing done directly onto mirrored boxes.
30cm x 30cm x 200cm. Paint on Mirrors.
Ann Stephan, 2009
“Mirror surfaces reflected the environment and the viewer, ‘like a visual pun on representation’, as Ian Burn observed. Not just a looking glass, mirrors indexed the instability of perception, while inviting a viewer to participate in the purported endgame of late modernism.”
Robert Pepperell, 2019
“Science proceeds on the assumption that natural phenomena operate rationally and can be explained rationally. Yet the study of art shows that many ordinary acts of perception, such as looking at a picture, can be paradoxical, logically contradictory and self-referential.”
Tori Campbell
“Meanwhile other [artists] choose to explore the power of the mirror — distorting and disorienting spatial perceptions through slight variations in the surface of the medium. Whatever the motivation, the use of mirrors within art harnesses the magic of reflection to craft ever-evolving narratives around our perceptions of ourselves and our understanding of the world around us.”
