Kade Javanalikhikara

Kade expresses transient realities through abstract paintings. He creates art much like how he lives his life: liberated and contemplative. He does not make work to tell a story or send a message, but rather produces paintings in reaction to mental images from deep within his own psyche and surroundings. The freedom of expression on his canvases translates into freedom of interpretation for the viewers. With minimal title descriptions, his paintings are highly emotive and stimulate vivid imaginations. His painting methods are both controlled and spontaneous: paints are mixed to different consistencies producing varying effects, and in many occasions fresh canvas surfaces are placed onto each other, resulting in unexpected layered imageries.

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With a home and studio located in an open valley outside of Chiang Mai city, Kade is able to immediately project his reaction of nature into art work. Each painting is an honest confession to the surrounding environment: fear, loneliness, respect, peace, etc. In 2009, a solo exhibition of the artist, No Valid Matters, speaks of no valid matters in the perception of abstract art, or life for that matter; that it is merely about emotive associations and feelings. The next solo exhibition, After Afterall in 2011, presents works about time and nature, the changing earth.

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At times, Kade combines texts into his paintings, the writings running merged into layers upon layers of melting and splashes of colors until near non-recognition. His recent series of work comprises multiple canvas panels that have been painted and scribbled on simultaneously as a whole piece, only to be randomly reconfigured to conjure new perceptions and experience.

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written by Suebsang Sangwachirapiban

for After Afterall Exhibition, 2011