“Florid Cosmos”
In
Handiedan
's masterfully layered digital and hand-cut collages every visual element is interwoven within the whole as to mirror the interconnected depth of reality. Layer upon layer, a toroidal dynamic interchange runs back and forth from the foreground to the background and back, allowing for an interplay of mutual relations and resonances amongst the diversity of elements filling her lavishly textured artworks, where a variety of objects and recurring symbols are kept together by compositional relations and personal associations lending weight to
Handiedan
's kaleidoscopic vision.
In the foreground, sensuous women whose iconography is drawn and from well recognizable eras are digitally assembled in mischievously alluring poses or meditatively absorbed in their own thoughts. They personify the universal power of love while clearly and explicitly displaying their multi-sexuality as one of the many ways by which this natural power can be individually felt and lived.
The two figures floating in a loving and passionate embrace in
“Dodecahedron”
(seen above) become so inextricably tied together that they merge into each other in a reciprocal qualitative exchange.
Handiedan
's chromatic choice adds further visual evidence, the red tones the woman on the right immediately evoking a sensual charge while the viridian green of the left one releases a quietly meditative feeling. Individually they embody two opposites qualities entailed in love, the sensual and the spiritual. The flow of energy blending them together establishes an invisible toroidal field that further and deeper spreads beyond them in a larger balance affecting the whole background. The organic curves seemingly stemming out of the Flower of Life at the bottom─center of Dodecahedron─flow up like red blood, perceptibly permeating everything in the composition to infuse with pure vital force the carnal embrace and to keep up to the Venus Pentagram, to a cosmic level and incessantly back.
The elegant combination of motifs and objects allows for the interrelation between universal symbolic meanings and
Handiedan
's own personal experiences and private associations. Every geometrical shape carries a wealth of knowledge linked with eternal philosophical quests while the everyday objects interwoven between the paper layers and the hand-drawings guard
Handiedan
's private memories and personal feelings, whether within the label form a bottle of wine consumed with someone on a special occasion, a pen doodle of her character Amélie or the real tattoos drawn from the artist's own body.
Handiedan
's dynamic constant shifting─from the universal to the individual, from the sensual to the spiritual, from earthling minute details to cosmic systems─holds harmoniously together differences and diversity in the sea of infinite energy that perpetuates the miracle of life.
Torus
opens
Saturday, November 2
nd
from
7:00pm-11:00pm
in
the
Main Gallery
and there will be a new print from
Handiedan
available to purchase. Plus, attendees will be able to interact with various works in the show that feature an augmented reality component. Premiering the same night at CHG is a solo show from
Nicole Gordon
in
Gallery 2
and mini-solo shows from
Miho Hirano
and
Nicoletta Ceccoli
in
Gallery 3
.
Corey
Helford Gallery
is located at
571 S. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA 90033
and normal hours are Tuesday – Saturday, from 12pm - 6pm.
About Handiedan:
The work of Dutch artist Handiedan involves a complex cut and paste mixture of digital and highly detailed sculptural hand cut collages, complimented by conscientiously collected antique ornamental frames.
Handiedan’s accomplished and refined collage technique allows her for an artistic journey through past, present and future. The result is an almost kaleidoscopical visual exploration whose discoveries are sometimes immediately visible and sometimes hidden in plain sight.
Deeply influenced by multi-sexual, scientific and spiritual interests - from Quantum Physics, Cosmology and Numerology to Sacred Geometries, Metaphysics and Eastern Philosophies - her art embraces the various forms of vital energy endlessly permeating the universe and mirrors the eternal motion of life.
With a background in photographic design and illustration, Handiedan started working as a full-time artist in 2007. Ever since, her artwork has been shown in galleries throughout the world as well outside the gallery and as large-scale wheat paste installations.
About Corey Helford Gallery:
Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) was first established in 2006 by Jan Corey Helford and her husband, television producer and creator, Bruce Helford (
The Conners
,
Anger Management
,
The Drew Carey Show
,
George Lopez
) and has since evolved into one of the premier galleries of New Contemporary art. Its goals as an institution are the support and growth of young and emerging, to well-known and internationally established artists.
CHG represents a diverse collection of international artists, primarily influenced by today’s pop culture and collectively encompassing style genres such as New Figurative Art, Pop Surrealism, Neo Pop, Graffiti and Street Art. CHG is located in Downtown Los Angeles in a robust 12,000 square foot building presenting new exhibitions approximately every six weeks.
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