October 19 – 30, 2011
Opening: Thursday, October 20th, 6pm
GALLERY 1313 Cell Gallery
1313 QUEEN STREET WEST,
TORONTO, ON M6K 1K8
T: 416 – 536-6778
E mail: director@g1313.org
www.gallery13131.org
Hours: Wed – Sun 1- 6
Conceptually Ykema ‘s art deals with indirect characterizations. She explores issues that find echoes, in the often quite common, mundane, parallel, worlds of creatures and sometimes people that live amongst us. There is often humour as well as a beauty that is so flighty that she feels the instant need to capture the essence of these details on canvas.
The incorporation of overlapping ‘read’ elements with abstract imagery create a dynamic and energetic field of give and take, in which either the background or subject appear to either emerge, or submerge with the other. She appreciates the end result, in which subject and background often become an intertwining of shapes. They have, she feels, established an almost equal sense of importance. This in turn, allows the viewer to assimilate the work from the platform of their own literacy and form their own conclusions as to how the painting relates to them.
www.janiceykema.com