Karien Kortenhorst
She creates metal sculptures, with her recent work focusing on objects and installations crafted from silver, copper, iron, and aluminium wire. Through bending, winding, twisting, crocheting, and hammering, she shapes transparent volumes forms that reveal and give presence to space itself. Her practice explores the dual nature of form: simultaneously occupying space and opening it up.
The works play with the boundary between ‘inside’ and ‘outside,’ between the space contained and the space revealed. They emerge from repetitive, almost meditative gestures of winding and hammering, where the physical, organic process fosters a dialogue between artist and material. In this exchange, the character of the wire often asserts itself, offering unexpected directions and discoveries.
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I create metal sculptures by rolling, hammering and winding wire in specific ways, shaping it into transparent forms. In doing so, the air is framed, making space visible and giving it meaning.
More work
The Space Beyond
H 320 x W 170 x D 100 cm
Hammered aluminium, 1 continuous line
€ 35.000,-
Venster I
H 110 x W 60 x D 50 cm
Hammered aluminium, 1 continuous line
€ 6.500,-
Venster II
H 60 x W 40 x D 20 cm
Hammered aluminium, 1 continuous line
€ 1.350,-
Vier kleine vensters
H 15 x W 15 x D 3 cm
Iron wire rolled
Price per piece € 225,-
Set of 4 – € 800,-
Vol-600
H 85 x W 60 x D 45 cm
Aluminium wire
€ 3.200,-
Space in between
H 230 x W 1 x D 0,5 cm
Hammered aluminium wire
On request
Herinnering
H 180 x W 60 x D 35 cm
Aluminium wire, rolled, hammered and wind
€ 4.500,-
Vol-131
H 20 x W 20 x D 20 cm
Aluminium wire
€ 850,-
Vol-160
H 40 x W 40 x D 20 cm
Aluminium wire
€ 975,-
Vol-410
H 20 x W 20 x D 20 cm
Colored aluminium wire
€ 1.800,-