ABOUT THE WORK

Tensions Of The Erotic — Powerful and intense in his evocation of nudes, Ypon’s works thematically probe the complexities of unconventional acts of sexual abandon. Yet for all the travail , the specifics of individuality seem to interest Ypon less than the emotional complexities of human relations. Ypon seems to be interested in the individual figures- as much as in the whole canvas surface, in an attempt to naturalize the presence of naked figures in a landscape. Ypon’s anatomic approach has surrealistic overtones. Detailed as they are, the naked figures are subordinated to the demands of the composition. With this identity of the figure, Ypon’s work achieves a new balance, a fresh visual impact. The impact, too, is enhanced in the way through which he wishes us to view the human condition