Shamanic, transitional figures: dreamlike animal/human dancers traveling between quotidian /supernatural worlds....musically playable layers: ocean/desert/forest terrains...threads revealing life structures past/present/future; worlds upper/middle/lower; dark star constellations; points of magically charged reflected light...honoring Pacha Mama: Mother Earth/Time
IVAN KENDE
In the Shadow of the Cave Painters
Cavern 1
The cave as format draws its inspiration from Neolithic cave paintings. In its early, formative stages, the support structure
as well as the artworks are a work in progress.
The texture and natural pale color of the canvas is the background field of energy that unifies the various symbols & images. Layering as few dot by dot marks as possible to retain a fresh, primitive feel (like the cave aintings). Each mark is a meditation,
an act of controlled spontaneity. Due to the texture of the surface, pastel on bare canvas is immune to erasure. A mark gradually finds its role as part of one configuration or another in accordance with other marks that are made around it.
The edges of the shapes drawn are ephermal, an uncertainty that is constant. For me, it is also one place where mystery and beauty reveal themselves.
Created by the canvasses suspended from structural posts, accented by occasional sculptures, the visitor passes through intimate, connected grottos of the cavern. Unifying most of my previous artistic adventures. Wall and ceiling surfaces are painted with mysterious symbols and imagery left by hunters, traders and shamans from tribes and civilizations known and unknown. Separated by time and culture, there is no recognizable sequence to the drawings. The gritty feel of the pastel marks impart a tactile, palpable sensation that is subtle but unmistakable if the visitor slows down sufficiently to engage.
This is an imaginary cave where both ancient and modern Homo Sapiens can leave each other visual clues
about the presence of the primordial.
as well as the artworks are a work in progress.
The texture and natural pale color of the canvas is the background field of energy that unifies the various symbols & images. Layering as few dot by dot marks as possible to retain a fresh, primitive feel (like the cave aintings). Each mark is a meditation,
an act of controlled spontaneity. Due to the texture of the surface, pastel on bare canvas is immune to erasure. A mark gradually finds its role as part of one configuration or another in accordance with other marks that are made around it.
The edges of the shapes drawn are ephermal, an uncertainty that is constant. For me, it is also one place where mystery and beauty reveal themselves.
Created by the canvasses suspended from structural posts, accented by occasional sculptures, the visitor passes through intimate, connected grottos of the cavern. Unifying most of my previous artistic adventures. Wall and ceiling surfaces are painted with mysterious symbols and imagery left by hunters, traders and shamans from tribes and civilizations known and unknown. Separated by time and culture, there is no recognizable sequence to the drawings. The gritty feel of the pastel marks impart a tactile, palpable sensation that is subtle but unmistakable if the visitor slows down sufficiently to engage.
This is an imaginary cave where both ancient and modern Homo Sapiens can leave each other visual clues
about the presence of the primordial.
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