"We try to connect to other bodies in different ways, building bridges between us, some fleeting, others complex. I think of myself as a wanderer and this is the territory I investigate; it’s here I find oddness and mystery.”
- Kaidi Dunstan
With a focus on the human body, Kaidi Dunstan's work looks at the shifting language she finds in our bodies and selves. "We try to connect to other bodies in different ways, building bridges between us, some fleeting, others complex. I think of myself as a wanderer and this is the territory I investigate; it's here I find oddness and mystery." Drawing is always the touchstone and way into the work. She finds invigoration and adventure in making a drawing, much is happening because the process is so immediate. "Drawing as an activity is intense, challenging, frustrating, uncomfortable and one has to embrace confusion and uncertainty. It's a way of thinking and moving through a difficulty and that is its reward." Hands, arms, and faces become emphasized. Pairings, small groupings and making use of repetition are common threads. She often takes drawings apart and puts them together in a different way. A building up of surface and texture results from the process of putting down and taking away, erasing and redrawing, picking up bits that remain, and restating in a reduced way.
