October 1 – October 28, 2020
The Slide Room Gallery is proud to introduce you to visual artist Kyler Clement (Victoria, BC) and her solo exhibition FRACTURED LANDSCAPES. Clement draws from her experience of driving through extensive landscapes and investigates this idea in her work by layering and building surfaces with a variety of papers and mediums. Clement uses horizontal lines and vertical structure-like shapes as key compositional elements—playfully incorperating a variety of perspectives within the same work.
FRACTURED LANDSCAPES by Kyler Clement
Artist Statement
My interest with the landscape as subject matter comes from years of living in the
north and of endless road trips south. The monotony of each mile intensified a
longing for some kind of disruption in the scenery; anticipating that moment when
the landscape breaks and the vertical shapes of buildings will suddenly peek,
and then loom, over the horizon. The flat geometric rectangles in my work are
representative of the towns as they emerged into view.
I use blocky rectangular shapes, making them sit on, over, and under the
horizon, to create counterpoints of vertical and horizontal elements to narrate the
urban landscape in color and form. I use a panoply of papers—decorative paper,
sewing paper, dictionary paper, wrapping paper, maps and found paper to
portray tactility and atmosphere.
The freedom of mixed media allows me to construct a landscape based on my
memories of those long drives. It is an intuitive process of cutting, tearing and
layering. I juxtapose disparate and fragmented pieces, shifting them many times
until I find where they fit. There is a constant battle in my work between the
horizon line and the structures that sit on it—I’m never sure which one will
dominate.
Biography
Kyler Clement is a visual artist living and working in Victoria, Canada. She spent three quarters of her life in the North West Territories, where she worked with ceramics and became an avid art collector. Since moving to Victoria she has completed a Certificate of Visual Arts at the Vancouver Island School of Art.
We encourage you to look at Kyler Clement’s website by clicking here.
FRACTURED LANDSCAPES by Kyler Clement
after jan, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
borders ii, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
borders iii,12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
borders iv, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
borders v, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
chalet, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
cut lines, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
dirt road, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
east arm, 10″x10″, mixed media on wood panel 
farm town, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
high level, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
highway 93,12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
ice road, 10″x10″, mixed media on wood panel 
just past manning, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
mapping, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
missing sma, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
providence, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
range road 13, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
thelonious, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel 
township rd 66, 12″x12″, mixed media on wood panel
Sales Gallery
We are pleased to introduce our sales gallery page where you can purchase works online. Purchased works will be available after the close of the exhibition for pick up at the Vancouver Island School or Art (950 Kings Rd, Victoria, BC). Please note that we are unable to arrange shipping at this time.
Please note, there are no more works from this exhibition available for purchase. Thank you for supporting local art!
Thank you for viewing FRACTURED LANDSCAPES, a digital exhibition by Kyler Clement. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Please stay tuned for new exhibitions coming soon.
©Kyler Clement. Images courtesy of the artist.
