SURIN
DIGITAL TOTEM
EXHIBITION BY GALERIE NOIR
ARTIST SURIN PRESENTS WORKS THAT BRING INTO REALITY SCULPTURAL FORMS OF BEAUTY THAT DO NOT EXIST IN THE WORLD.
WHILE CREATING A WIDE RANGE OF ARTWORKS BASED ON DIGITAL ART, THE ARTIST ALSO PRODUCES OBJECTS USING 3D PRINTING, INFUSING MATERIAL SUBSTANCES WITH SPIRIT TO GIVE BIRTH TO A NEW AESTHETIC.
THE GREATEST SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR THE ARTIST IS THE STONE PAGODA.
AS A CHILD, BEING LED TO TEMPLES BY THEIR GRANDMOTHER AND WITNESSING PEOPLE SILENTLY CIRCLING STONE PAGODAS WHILE MAKING WISHES BECAME THE IMPETUS FOR WANTING TO CREATE FORMS IMBUED WITH ENERGY.
SURIN’S SCULPTURES, GROUNDED IN THIS BELIEF, REINTERPRET TOTEMISM—ONCE ROOTED IN THE WORSHIP OF NATURE AND THE OVERCOMING OF FEAR OF DEATH—FROM A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE.
VIVID COLORS AND IMAGERY THAT MOVE BETWEEN ABSTRACTION AND FIGURATION GROW INCREASINGLY SOLID THROUGH THE ARTIST’S CREATIVE PROCESS.
STANDING BEFORE THE DIGITAL TOTEMS IMBUED WITH PRIMAL ENERGY CREATED BY SURIN, VIEWERS ARE INVITED TO PERFORM THEIR OWN SMALL RITUAL.
AS EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES ARE SHARED THROUGH THE TOTEMS, AND ABSTRACT WISHES ARE CONTEMPLATED IN THEIR REALIZATION, SCULPTURE TRANSCENDS THE ROLE OF AN OBJECT OF APPRECIATION, BECOMING A WORLD CONNECTED TO THE SELF—OR EVEN ALLOWING THE VIEWER TO BECOME PART OF THE SCULPTURE ITSELF.
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