Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2023

German artist Karin Hauck deservedly won 2nd prize in this year’s Emerging Artist Award as part of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2023. Her winning piece, “Plastic Venus”, conveyed a strong message about humanity’s current relationship with mother earth. In a multi-levelled approach, her work highlights several juxtapositions, both in the physical sense using traditional painting techniques and references alongside contemporary focal points, and simultaneously guiding the viewer to think deeper about the contrasts between the two time periods blended within her works.