All of KENDY's work is based on the artist statement described below.
The theme of this work is the transcendence of limits expressed on shaped canvas. He has had the rare career of dropping out of high school and then enrolling in college. He has no formal art education. Therefore, his work is different and flexible in its approach, encompassing and expressing the lack of identity of the Japanese-Russian quarter. In other words, it is an attempt to transcend the negative aspects of being an outsider in any country through art. Breaking free from the restrictive framework of the square canvas, he expresses his desire to transcend national borders and racial boundaries, in other words, his thirst for freedom. Connecting the opposing elements that people hold within themselves and breaking outside of these boundaries has become an essential element of creative innovation. This is also the most important aspect for artists who are responsible for cultural renewal. We hope that these points will be conveyed to the viewers.
Artist Statement
KENDY has created a new artistic concept, "VISUAL ROCK PAINT," which coexists the dichotomous worlds of East and West, digital and analog. Based on the cultural values that originated in Japan, a country that has embraced and developed diversity, KENDY creates works that express his desire for the elimination of racial discrimination and world peace, and he is an artist active internationally, especially in the United States.
His artistic concept is in the historical context of abstract art, which began with Russian artist Vasily Kandinsky and has been connected to Richter and Jackson Pollock. By identifying "light" with Russian art's rayonism and adding Zen art to it, he embodies the art of the Enlightenment. On the other hand, there is also an effort to preserve Japanese visual rock music, a unique Japanese art culture, as a cultural asset in the context of the world art scene. This is based on his experience as an aspiring visual rock musician.
His painting style employs a unique technique that mixes digital silkscreening, a modern interpretation of Andy Warhol's silkscreening, with analog-like acrylic painting. It can be said that this is his unique new artistic method, which is typical of the Japanese-Russian quarter, in which he wants to make as many people living today aware of the social problem of "symbiosis" that people will face in the near future due to the evolution of AI.
In the flow of the historical transition of abstract expression pioneered by the aforementioned Wassily Kandinsky is action painter Jackson Pollock. And the Japanese artist Kazuo Shiraga also follows this trend. His radical action painting technique, which directly links physical movement and painting, and his fusion of action painting with Buddhism, especially esoteric Buddhism, which places greater emphasis on the senses and body in enlightenment, brought him international attention for his avant-garde technique, which he called "foot painting. KENDY's "VISURAL ROCK PAINt" follows this trend in art history, and has developed into a unique style by combining Rayonisme, Russian abstract art with strong mathematical elements, and Scandinavian art with strong geometric elements.
By the way, KENDY's self-taught background in painting has a strong bearing on the creation of his own motto, "VISURAL ROCK PAINt. He has no academic background in art, except for some art awards in his childhood. KENDY was previously a visual rock musician. KENDY used to be a visual rock musician, so he has more knowledge of musical creation than painting. He has been working in the field of visual rock music in Japan, where he has absorbed various types of music flexibly and constructed his own unique worldview, which is not found in western rock music, rather than in western rock music, where there is a clear division of genres. He has succeeded in creating a new style of his own by combining "culture.
Music and painting are different expressions. However, Swizz Beatz, a rapper, music producer, and art collector, acknowledges that music and art have a very close relationship in the world of expression. While visual rock music itself is quite difficult to penetrate due to the nature of the Western music market, such sampling techniques have been prevalent in the art world as simulacrums since the 80s and 90s. In this respect, KENDY's style may have been relatively easy to accept in commercial gallery exhibitions in Europe and the U.S. from an early stage, even though his career was young.
