Kiro Urdin has established himself as an avant-garde artist whose multidisciplinary work has been investigating notions of spirituality, environmentalism, and interconnectedness.
Relying on centuries of environmental art traditions, like those of Constable or Monet, and on the depth and freedom introduced by international abstract expressionism and its reflections of the individual psyche, Urdin’s work further questions the place of humankind in the universe.
Concerned by man’s darker side and growing disconnect with nature, Kiro Urdin’s visual research is centered on poetic positivism, forcefully decontextualizing representation from both space and time, and relying on color as a psychological device to trigger direct emotion and spirituality.
Built upon layers of oils, the base of his large size compositions first explores human irrationality and vulnerability in an anxiously gestural manner. In a second phase, the artist endeavorsto regain control over this visual chaos, nurturing the picture with geometric and chromatic fields that generate a new equilibrium, a fresh ground for new life. The resulting iconography functions as an osmotic dialogue between chaos and equilibrium.
With Invisible Worlds, the master of the Planetarism movement returns with a new body of paintings on canvas, drawings, and sculptures, further investigating the perceived limits of our existence, each point in Urdin's unique visual language connecting the figure to all other elements in the cosmos. Lost in the artist's signature deep blue seas, the viewer is transported beyond the boundaries of the material world, thus becoming the journey in an eternal metaphor of rebirths.
For the French-Macedonian artist, recently made Chevalier des Arts et de Lettres, this new solo show with the gallery, his fifth, marks a turning point as he is set to embark on a new adventure, living between Tokyo and New York, including a few months he plans to spend in Africa. This new exhibition will close on May 12 with the celebration of Kiro Urdin's 79th birthday.
Following his Ancestor show at the Miami African Heritage Cultural Arts Center in the spring of 2023, and his residency at El Espacio 23 (Pérez Art Museum Miami), and his triple homage show in Bucharest over the summer, Invisible Worlds will be the artist's last solo show in Belgium before a major retrospective of his work which is to be held at the Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts later in
the year.
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