MAELSTROM // New works by Clarence Rich

When old and new ideas intersect...

In 2008 I wrote and recorded an album called "Mr Maelstrom vs The World".
I took songs that inspired me and wrote lyrics about self doubt and the struggle of feeling like an outsider in life and in my craft. Tracks like "Electromagnetism" and "Weapon", about attraction and codependency, buzzed in the Jersey music underground scene. They became an anthem for the outcast in all of us. My songs of doubt and pain eventually became empowering not only to myself but for others. Mr maelstrom, the human vortex who ate all in his path, actually became a good thing.

In this exhibition I travel from the auditory vortex (maelstrom) and into the visual.
The sharp angular cipher telling a crystallized story. The work will celebrate the harmony of vibration and create the illusion of the perfected flaw.

Maelstrom:
An amalgam of path, stroke and technique. Weaving colors and lines,
chain linking patterns. The repetition Illustrates the multidimensional mind. A stairway to everywhere and nowhere simultaneously.

Join in the Maelstrom