Andy Leleisi'uao: An Uncanny Catharsis of Unrequited Bones
The whole series, engraved in our memory as one large work, reads itself as an ever-moving procession, an organised ceremony in which beings look for meaningful connections without manifestations of power and wealth.
So the artist recognizes that our being human is invested not simply in our existence as individuals, but also in our collective existence as social beings. Our ability to rise above our individual physical selves and to see ourselves as part of a larger project, to project onto the world, and onto human life, a purpose that exists only because we as human beings create it
The series’ allegorical storytelling, a species constantly searching, making social gestures, moving, thinking and constructing, reveals in all mysterious grotesqueness to have love for oneself and show some love for the other. From hammer to shell, from mechanical to magical powers, from the material to the spiritual, this is a visual plea to take care of (y)our existence, for everything that lives and moves.
Arthur Buerms
Gallerist, curator based in Belgium
Founder of Nomadic Art Gallery
2021