Riaan U-Ian Anderson ungikhumbuza uMazer encwadini ethengwa kakhulu, “Kusasa nakusasa nakusasa,” kaGabrielle Zevin. Umlingiswa ogama lakhe linguMarx uthi kwelinye lamakhasi, “Kuyithuba lokuphindukuzalwa okungapheli, ukuhlengwa okungapheli.”
Emsebenzini ka-Anderson ngokwakhe, amathuba abonakala engapheli, futhi amakhono omdwebi-angenamkhawulo.
Kunengqondo nakakhulu uma ebala izikhuthazo zakhe: Imidlalo yevidiyo efana ne-Earthbound, i-Legend of Zelda, ne-Final Fantasy, enobuhle obuyindida babaklami bemfashini u-Rick Owens no-Hiroki Nakamura base-Visvim. Konke kuhlangana lapho engitshela ukuthi uyayijabulela imifanekiso ka-Edward Gorey edabukisayo kanye nomsebenzi othile wamaciko angemuva kwe-abstract uCy Twombly noPaul Klee.
U-Anderson wakhulela e-Antipolo futhi waya eSikoleni SaseWaldorf, esilandela uhlelo “lokufunda ngokudlala.” Emuva ngaleso sikhathi wayedweba ama-maze futhi abheke futhi athole ukuze abangani bakhe bazixazulule. Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kwasekuqaleni kwaba yisisekelo sesitayela sakhe sobuciko. Uthena,
“Ngangithanda zonke izinhlobo zemidlalo ngiseyingane, njengoba kwenza izingane. Bengifuna ukuba nalolo hlobo lwengxenye esebenzisanayo emsebenzini wami. AmaMaze ayephelele. Ama-maze ayakhohlisa. “
Lapho eqala ukwenza ama-mazes, wayeqala “ekuqaleni” futhi adonsele “ekupheleni” – kodwa le phethini ebikezelwayo yakha ukuthungwa okungalingani emsebenzini obungenawo umphumela u-Anderson ayewufuna. Lokho u-Anderson akulwelayo kubuciko bakhe akunamthungo, ukufana okubonakalayo. Wabelana ngokufingqiwe kwenqubo yakhe, ukuthi manje uqala kanjani ukusuka phansi futhi anyukele phezulu, ngendlela efanayo nendlela iphrinta esebenza ngayo. Kuyamangaza ukucabanga, njengokungathi unamakhono afana nomshini wokunemba.
Izinto zaqala ukuqina ngo-2016 ngemuva kokuthi u-Anderson enikezwe umsebenzi wokuthwebula umdwebo othi “Mazeway to Heaven” endlunkulu yeCartoon Network eCalifornia. Wapenda izindaba eziyisithupha zesitebhisi sehhovisi nge-labyrinth yomaka nopende we-acrylic, okwakuzoba isiginesha yakhe, nesitayela esibonakala ngokushesha.
Kusukela lapho, usebonise kumagalari amaningi emhlabeni jikelele, njenge-Wieden+Kennedy e-Tokyo. NgoMashi nje odlule, wethula umbukiso endaweni indawo entsha yeSecret Fresh e-Rockwell, ukuhlanganisa amakhono akhe kokubili kwezobuciko nemfashini. Muva nje, u-Anderson ubambe umbukiso odayiswe eyedwa eLeon Gallery International, “Ikhala eRoses” nenqwaba yezithombe ezinezinhlaka kanye nenye yezithombe zakhe ezipendiwe odongeni.
Njengokuqhubeka, u-Anderson ugxumela embukisweni weqembu othi “Buka Lapha” ovula kule mpelasonto eLeon. Le misebenzi yakamuva ihambisana ngqo nemfashini, njengoba esho,
“Bengifuna ukuthwebula lowo muzwa wombukwane nobukhazikhazi lapho ngingena esitolo sami engisithandayo.”
U-Anderson ukhombisa imisebenzi eminingi emincane ye-polyptych ehlukaniswe izigaba ephepheni. Isiqephu ngasinye siphefumulelwe ngu Uchungechunge lwe-“Pharmacy” lukaDamien Hirst. Unanela u-Hirst ngokudala “umuzwa oyinyumba onenqwaba nesikhala esibi,” ne-vignette ngayinye ephepheni evumela amazwibela wezindaba zezibalo ezidwetshiwe.
Mhlawumbe okuhlaba umxhwele kakhulu umsebenzi wobuciko okhudlwana wamamitha amane namahlanu adonsa ukunaka kwakho ngemininingwane yawo yamaminithi amangalisayo. I-“Characters & Motifs 1-2186” ibhala izinhlamvu ezihlukile eziyi-2,186 u-Anderson aziqambe eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Ubeka ucezu olukhulu ekubukeni,
“Ngithanda ukucabanga ngakho njengokungathi incwadi yezingane enezithombe ihlangana nesikhafu sikaHermès.”
Uma ubheka umugqa ngamunye ophelele kumamaze ka-Anderson, kanye noma izibalo zakhe eziklanywe ngokucophelela, kunzima ukukuthatha konke. Umlingiswa ngamunye uxoxa indaba ngomsebenzi wobuciko ophenduka indawo yonke – okunye okungajwayelekile, abanye abajwayele, kodwa njalo enengqondo- ukusonteka okumangalisayo.
U-Ian Anderson ukhonjiswa kanye no-Alfonso Recto, u-Angelo Quintos, u-Anna Bautista, u-Enzo Razon, u-Gio Panlilio noKim Cruz ku-“View From Here” e Leon Gallery International kusukela ngoMeyi 27 kuya kuJuni 10, 2023.
