Irena Martens

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1966

“People Figures”

  There is also a strong element of horror in the collage figures made by  a blonde, lovely young German artist, 24-year –old  Irena Martens. Miss Martens uses papier-mache, cloth, feathers and other materials to produce her impressions of people, often female figures with ugly grimaces wearing extremely feminine clothes over aggressive, masculine shapes.