Anduin Vaid
The Rhythm of Color
November 20 - December 11, 2009
Reception:
Thursday December 3, 2009 6-8 PM
Press Release
Anduin Vaid’s mixed media paintings convey a vital exuberance. Movement, sound and image cohabitate on each canvas, mirroring the human mind’s dynamic interior. Like the mind, Vaid’s paintings become caught up in detail and gestures, letting sensorial reactions overwhelm rationality. Streaks of paint shoot across images’ surfaces, while geometric shapes dissolve into smoky waves and colors erupt like fireworks. Vaid approaches art-making as a form of experimentation. Yet, while his experiments seem spontaneous and rapid, they are in fact carefully orchestrated. Since Vaid often works in series, one composition might undergo numerous variations before it successfully captures the intuitive freedom for which he strives.
A self-taught artist as well as a musician and photographer, Anduin Vaid allows his interdisciplinary practices to interact liberally. Originally from New York City, he continues to be influenced by the city’s color and movement. He now lives and works in Fincastle, VA, a small town nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Artist Statement
I do not limit myself, in any spectrum of life. I have taken up a grand variety of art forms and experimentation remains one of the foremost motivations in my work. My work, in essence, is a representation of the inner space of my mind – very little influenced, if at all, by others’ work, but rather an evolution or refinement of an original idea or ideas. Thus I often work in series, creating an initial composition, then creating several revisions until I reach a final version which meets or exceeds my expectations. Being a staunch perfectionist, these expectations are rarely met, but therein lies the endless process that any perfectionist succumbs to – forever chasing perfection, forever holding oneself up against it while it remains forever just out of reach. In the meantime, my work becomes stronger, more engrained with character, skill, and technique, thanks to this very pursuit.
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