Die Verbindung zu der unbekannten Welt, dem unbegreiflichen großen Eins, dem Ganzen und in sich Abgeschlossenen in all seinen Facetten, Bewegungen, dem Fluss und der Sehnsucht nach einem Ort, der vielleicht nicht von dieser Welt ist, hält man bei Alexander Anderson in Händen. Auf den ersten Blick nur ein Stein, auf den zweiten zeigen sich die Strukturen und Lamellen, die Textur und Anordnung von magnetisch ausgerichteten Elementen und man erkennt die Besonderheit der Arbeit. Lange draußen in der Einöde der Wüste Arizonas forschend ALEXANDER ANDERSON ist er immer wieder den Elementen und ihren Eigenschaften auf der Spur und auch wenn sich die Arbeit nicht gleich selbst erklärt ist es die positive Ausstrahlung des Künstlers, die einen mitreißt in dieses fremde Universum der Forschenden, deren Antrieb man vielleicht nicht immer sofort nachempfinden kann. Aber Anderson erklärt und offenbart und man beginnt zu begreifen…
English Translation
The connection to the unknown world, the incomprehensible great One, the whole and self-contained in all its facets, movements, the flow and the longing for a place that is perhaps not of this world, one grasps in the works of Alexander Anderson. At first glance just a stone, on second look are revealed the structures and lamellas, texture and arrangement of magnetically aligned elements, and you realize the specificity of the work. Researching for a long time out in the solitude of the Arizona desert, ALEXANDER ANDERSON is always on the trail of the elements and their properties, and even if his work is not immediately self-explanatory, it is the positive charisma of the artist that carries you away into this strange universe of the explorer, whose impetus you may not readily relate to. But Anderson explains and reveals, and one begins to comprehend....
-Simone Labonte, CRELALA Kunst May 2022
#Art For Peace - Alexander Anderson “Side by side” Mit Iryna Fedorenko, alias Samira (Ukraine
"Look into my eyes little one!" It is the first thought when looking at the portraits of Ukrainian Iryna Fedorenko, alias Semira. And the "Blue Eyes" of the "war children" look cold and emotionless with a depth that penetrates everything. That's the first impression. - Intended? - #Art for Peace ... is the message of the artist, who is one of the top 100 most successful women in Kiev. In a country where the eyes of the whole world are currently focused. A country where a nuclear disaster in 1986 was the first sign that people needed a new sense of responsibility for themselves and their environment. - The lateral thinking allows to see
to see ENVIRONMENT in everything. The reactor accident of that time has for years spurred thoughts of a sustainable energy economy without nuclear power. Meanwhile, "perceived" war is being waged from the very top to drive sustainability. The inflation rates, the inflation, ... Thinking back 100 years, the question comes to mind: should we be worried? Worry about how centuries of medical research have modified humans, how technical progress is also entering human genetics and control is becoming easier / easier? The e-mobility that is being promoted, solar tech solutions, a full survey and networking of everything ... where does one still have retreat? Alexander Anderson, an artist in residency in the wasteland in Arizona exhibits opposite the exiled Ukrainian Semira, with impressions of working and researching in the desert. In Seclusion. Places where
which one can (hopefully) develop undisturbed. With the blue eyes of the children of war behind them, the effect of light on colors and surfaces is explored. For the first time, one is asked to use the "flash" and suddenly the colors blue and yellow become more radiant and brighter than they are perceived in normal room light.
Suddenly you might think about the Flashlight, and about reflection in general. You wonder how much reflection the atmosphere can take when solar panels cover the surfaces. One might recall flights over landscapes of the planet's food providers, greenhouse glass reflections sending flashes of light into the atmosphere, and wonder about particles of light that might chase out into infinite space.
Perched on a wooden tripod, like an old tripod, like a resting place for optical work in photography, film, or surveying, are three black stones! Special stones with special texture. Special structure. At the bottom another stone, red bordered, ge "framed" and for whatever reason one thinks of Tunguska. An event from 100 years ago. In northern, polar wasteland. Long before the great thaw began. On Instagram you find the title "The Perseid Project" and the structures of the "rocks" impress.
They are reminiscent of weathering leaves on the forest floor, of structures dissolving structures, decomposed by microbes, eaten away, only the strong structure remains. The more cavities are created, the lighter the material. The cavities fill with other material. In the light the rock. Shows fan-shaped structures, like fans at river mouths, or of rock walls or reef edges in arid landscapes. If one does not know the scale of the photograph, it could also be a satellite image, with structures of hominid use of surfaces and surfaces. In places, the structures and textures look like the healing of opening fissure systems or of cliff systems in which fluid phase closes the voids and creates something new. Almost like volcanic cavities. Gas bubbles and druses from whose walls crystals grow, gradually filling up to agate and self-organization of the elements into banded structures. Just a single stone, perhaps a real meteorite, but perhaps already a technical replica, holds so much potential that it can inspire innovative design.
Reflecting, reflections, plastic, glass, foils, mirrors, ... our atmosphere may need less of it. Sunlight reflects on ocean surface. Since the beginning. Reflections on water. With what effects?
People research, simulate, want to find out how the world is. Alexander Anderson gives insights and also presents playing with small solar panels, originally intended for children to practice, and to learn to understand science.
And right at the top you want to know: Who knows what? To network the knowledge, to connect it, to let it interact, that's the idea Alexander Anderson has. What does he want to communicate? He makes you wonder. Challenges thinking. Encourages questioning.
The art sticks. Does not let go. Moves even beyond the moment of its sight. The arrangement features a clay stone in a case with a pole holding a windbag / windsock. "Bordering Wind." What is the meaning of the work? Anderson's art leaves so many questions unanswered that one might presume to follow his work. The box seems like a compilation of questions about the essence of being. After thoughts about how sustainability can work. And what role does the sun play in all of this? - The light? - "Solares" - Our elixir of life! Our drive and motor, our energy and the force that feeds our souls with positive energy. To use the energy of the sun, the energy of the elements in itself in a sustainable and resource-saving way, with all the possibilities that result from the traditions of knowledge over the millennia, is and remains the eternal task as long as we inhabit this planet. Not THOUGHTLESSLY betting on the eco-energy generation campaign alone can be read in the tracks that Anderson leaves. An artist full of charisma and positive energy.
Performance and Video - ALEXANDER ANDERSON (asanderson.art) An artist whose works, reflecting in the spectrum of the Flashlight, show the colors of Ukraine, opposite the works of the Ukrainian artist Semira. Portraits of children in yellow and blue. He builds an ingenious bridge between two worlds that one must first discover.
#Art for Peace! - This is what a solution looks like! Carry the suitcase with the clay block and the windsock outside, and all that needs to happen is the wind to blow, and opportunities could arise to jumpstart a peaceful, sustainable way of life. It is to be wished and hoped that Semira's peace project will work through the silent support of Alexander Anderson.
-Simone Labonte, CRELALA Kunst May 2022