The Amelia Douglas Gallery Presents: The Long Road Home
Amelia Douglas Art Gallery 700 Royal Ave (PO Box 2503), New Westminster, British Columbia V3L 5B2
Annette Nieukerk, “the long road home 2,” 2021, Mixed Media - walnut ink and oil paint on translucent drafting film, silkscreen print, and birch panel, 18" x 24"
May 9 - July 2, 2024
An Amelia Douglas Gallery solo exhibition by Vancouver-based artist Annette Nieukerk will explore the concepts of aging, memory, and identity within the framework of beauty standards.
From the Artist Statement:
"The multi-media paintings of Annette Nieukerk question the notions of beauty and identity within the framework of our culture. As a female figurative artist now in her seventies, the focus of her work is the aging body, challenging and breaking down stereotypes that equate beauty solely with youth and that confront a dominant negative perception towards aging.
Her latest series ‘the long road home’ evokes the sensuality and desire that can exist at advancing years, the intensity of emotion and intimacy pulling two people together, and the deep yearning for connection buried in the human psyche"