Christina Jékey was born in Brussels in 1962 but her family is from Hungary. She lives and works in the suburbs of Brussels. She graduated with honors in plastic and visual arts from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels.
The sculptures of Christina Jékey are fascinating. Created on the basis of a banal material, superimposed layers of Triplex, they seem to be hewed in precious wood that has multiple nuances. They capture the striae from a movement made of fluid spirals. This looks like controlled and clear waves forming a sort of impeccable flux, a constantly growing swell. The openings and the curves add up, combine, and shout to one another. Installed on a pedestal or displayed on the ground, pure forms, appearing suddenly from a natural kingdom, multiply visual angles, as her chosen layout dictates. Far from being a frozen art, Christina Jékey offers beginnings and departures… She brings to light all the possibilities of the original material and invents a new life for it. She develops a demanding work, looking for its own coherence; a work that questions the laws of the universe and who very simply dares to assert beauty in the tradition of great contemporary sculptors.
Jo Dustin , December 2006
The artist expresses a deep impulse that projects Christina Jékey beyond materiality …
Anita Nardon, December 2006 |
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