Patrick Karanja - Wormhole
Artist's Statement
To “record nature” is the artists’ universal language.
As artists, sometimes we use elements of nature without awareness of the extent of their involvement.
My use of materials to transform nature into two or three dimensional objects is the outcome of a desire and or need to record my environment.
As the bird watcher delights in watching birds and their behavior, I am curiously interested in the non-verbal cues and signals of human beings. I watch them at social functions, at beaches, on television, at the office or anywhere that people interact. I am the student of behavior who wants to learn about the actions of his fellow humans so that I may ultimately learn more about myself.
In my current work, I am keen on existence, social politics and social stratification, etiquette, consumerism and industrialization. I constantly question certain things like; why do humans communicate? How do humans communicate when they communicate? What’s the need for humans to migrate or move? How do they move? What kind of energy do they consume when they move? How is the energy produced? What are the constant changes to the ecosystem as humans move, and interact?
These are the questions I strive to resolve with my art.
Patrick Karanja – Nairobi – February 2024
To “record nature” is the artists’ universal language.
As artists, sometimes we use elements of nature without awareness of the extent of their involvement.
My use of materials to transform nature into two or three dimensional objects is the outcome of a desire and or need to record my environment.
As the bird watcher delights in watching birds and their behavior, I am curiously interested in the non-verbal cues and signals of human beings. I watch them at social functions, at beaches, on television, at the office or anywhere that people interact. I am the student of behavior who wants to learn about the actions of his fellow humans so that I may ultimately learn more about myself.
In my current work, I am keen on existence, social politics and social stratification, etiquette, consumerism and industrialization. I constantly question certain things like; why do humans communicate? How do humans communicate when they communicate? What’s the need for humans to migrate or move? How do they move? What kind of energy do they consume when they move? How is the energy produced? What are the constant changes to the ecosystem as humans move, and interact?
These are the questions I strive to resolve with my art.
Patrick Karanja – Nairobi – February 2024
Each print is Kshs 40 000 - Each is from an edition of three.
