Karen Kilimnik’s work examines the beauty, romance and glamour of our culture with equal-part starry-eyed wonderment and brutally honest aspirational longing. Her particular lens is both soft-focus and crystal-clear all at once. We’d like to spend a day seeing the world through her 405s, out her car window.

See more work at 303gallery.com here

“me — I forgot the wire cutters getting the wire cutters from the car to break into stonehenge, 1982”
Water soluble oil on canvas, 1998
Listen to what John Waters had to say about this painting here
Thanks to Mariko Munro and Lisa Spellman for the fantastic photo of Karen