FRACTURED LANDSCAPES

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

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.