Artistic Practice
Aaron Kudi’s abstract paintings synthesize a diverse range of the human condition, intricately exploring the complexities and nuances of memory and the marks it leaves on us, thereby altering our relationship to both society and the age of intelligence in this increasingly complex, age of artificial intelligence driven 21st century.
Kudi’s paintings engage with the complexities of modern existence, reflecting the challenging relationship between humanity and consciousness in the context of technological advancements. Through meticulous research into layered marks and gestural mark-making, Kudi builds rich imagery that is simultaneously archaic and familiar, approachable yet unsettling.
This bold use of color evokes both attraction and repulsion, as if the viewer is held captive in a space yearning for definition. His paintings create a cyclical world in which we confront our reflections—we see ourselves, we see others, and at times, we fail to see at all. It is within this interplay that we are invited to question our subconscious as we navigate a new consciousness intertwined with the everyday, emphasizing how memory and the marks it leaves shape our relationship to society
Kudi’s paintings engage with the complexities of modern existence, reflecting the challenging relationship between humanity and consciousness in the context of technological advancements. Through meticulous research into layered marks and gestural mark-making, Kudi builds rich imagery that is simultaneously archaic and familiar, approachable yet unsettling.
This bold use of color evokes both attraction and repulsion, as if the viewer is held captive in a space yearning for definition. His paintings create a cyclical world in which we confront our reflections—we see ourselves, we see others, and at times, we fail to see at all. It is within this interplay that we are invited to question our subconscious as we navigate a new consciousness intertwined with the everyday, emphasizing how memory and the marks it leaves shape our relationship to society
Psychology and social exchange are crucial to Kudi, who draws upon a host of artistic and social references in his work. With personal touchstones looking into the works of Lucian Freud, Frank Auberarch, Agnes Martin, Mark Rothko and the work of psychologists such as Carl Yung, Stuart Hall and his art-world peers. Kudi is an artist who is continually expanding his constellation of references, inspirations and communities, while always acknowledging that formative role of art history in his practice
The relationship between memory and mark making of memory and space has long preoccupied artists of all times; its story dominates the history of art. In its imagination and in its image-making, we find clues to how artists have grappled and engaged with the political and socio-cultural moods and attitudes of their moment. Kudi, similarly, employs this as a central point of inquiry, but reframes it through the lens of contemporary anxieties. His practice, characterized by its tonality, varied mark-making, the abstraction of space, and the dynamic interplay between figuration and abstraction, reflects the complexities of the modern human experience. Kudi's figures, often fragmented and abstracted, embody the anxieties and uncertainties of the digital age, while simultaneously drawing upon the rich history of figurative painting. This approach allows him to explore the psychological and emotional states of individuals within a rapidly changing world.
The relationship between memory and mark making of memory and space has long preoccupied artists of all times; its story dominates the history of art. In its imagination and in its image-making, we find clues to how artists have grappled and engaged with the political and socio-cultural moods and attitudes of their moment. Kudi, similarly, employs this as a central point of inquiry, but reframes it through the lens of contemporary anxieties. His practice, characterized by its tonality, varied mark-making, the abstraction of space, and the dynamic interplay between figuration and abstraction, reflects the complexities of the modern human experience. Kudi's figures, often fragmented and abstracted, embody the anxieties and uncertainties of the digital age, while simultaneously drawing upon the rich history of figurative painting. This approach allows him to explore the psychological and emotional states of individuals within a rapidly changing world.
And it is for this reason Aaron’s work becomes liberated from established ways of being. In its place is an examination of the psychic effects of what encounters of memory mean and feel like, drawing equally on the here-and-now, culture of age of intelligence and the industrial advances of our age, as they do from primordial expression and the classical demands of colour and form.