‘Arise and dissolve’
From Boston-based artist Ilona Anderson’s show ‘‘The Union of the Sun and the Moon,’’ at Kingston Gallery, Boston, through Oct. 2.
The gallery says:
“Ilona Anderson’s animations for her show are full of the familiar, the distant, unknown, imagined, and everyday. Bright lyrical vignettes of animals and people dance before us in a metaphysical picture plane, spilling across the space into ever-building expanses. Every layer of each animation must be composed perfectly. As the creator she must see it second by second. Building the animations by changing one mark at a time to create a sense of movement is like adding one brick to a wall, one layer at a time. She weaves the images into both linear and non-linear spaces, forming spatial contradictions that emphasize the vastness of space and the immediacy of our experience. The impermanence of these expressions for Anderson shows how things arise and dissolve every day in the natural world around us. The artist loves the act of creativity, the discovery of what manifests from her imagination. Anderson states that ‘you must listen to the work and it will tell you where to go.”’
Arcologist at Kingston Gallery
“Invisible Mending” (mixed media, size variable), in her show of the same name at Kingston Gallery, Boston, this month.
She explains her work:
“‘Arcology,’ coined by the late architect Paolo Soleri, is the fusion of architecture and ecology. It describes the tension between space and place, something I consider often, as my work conjures imagined worlds that evoke both the open, sun-filled spaces of South Africa, where I was born and raised, and the colder New England climate where I currently reside.
“My drawings are full of the familiar, the distant, unknown, imagined, and everyday. Bright lyrical vignettes of animals and people dance before us in a metaphysical picture plane, spilling across the walls into ever-building expanses. I weave the images into both linear and non-linear spaces, forming spatial contradictions that emphasize the vastness of space and the immediacy of our experience.
“All phenomena, no matter where they originate, may evoke a sense of curiosity about the unfamiliar and an appreciation of the constant fresh new moment.’’
But beware extreme introspection
"Arcology: Mulling Things Over'' (watercolor), by Ilona Anderson, in her show "Ilona Anderson: Neon Network,'' at Kingston Gallery, Boston, through Nov. 27.
Transnational art
"Arcology'' (detail; gouache and Lascaux acrylics on archival papers), by Ilona Anderson, in her show "Arcology,'' at Kingston Gallery, Boston, through Nov. 1.
The gallery says the ..."diverse and radiant conglomerate says as much about the potential for transnational understanding as it does for racial relations, both in her native South Africa and in the United States.''