Irondioxine horizon, 2007; tempera on jute ; 60 x 70 cm
Yellow horizon, 2009; oil on jute; 70 x 80 cm
Ocean, 2007; tempera on jute; 160 x 200 cm
Pacific ocean, 2005/06; oil on jute; 120 x 160 x 6 cm 160 x 200 cm
Double figure in blue, 2000 – 07; oil on jute; 70 x 70 cm
from the series „wind-beings“, 2003; pastel and coal on transparent paper; 29,7 x 42 cm
Leiko Ikemura
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ikemura sees herself as an intermediary between Japanese and Western cultures. Her paintings and scultures show atmospheric compositions of bodies being situated in space. The picture evokes the impression of eternity denying any rational explanations. Early in the 1990s the female figure emerged as her main theme for the years to come. Also, the bronze and terracotta statues created by the hands represent a synthesis of women figures and hybrid forms drawing from the bodies of animals and plant shapes