Container of (expression): Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Basque. Container of (expression): Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. English.
Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain, March 31-September 10, 2023. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The shape of poetry / Lekha Hileman Waitoller -- To be hoist by your own petard: studying the study of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye / Kodwo Eshun -- To row south with silver for succour / Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
Summary:
British artist and writer Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b. 1977, London) is celebrated for her paintings of timeless subjects in everyday moments of happiness, comradery, and solitude. Her lush oils on canvas or coarse linen portray fictitious characters rendered in loose brushwork set against dramatic backgrounds. The artist does not work from models, rather the figures are composites, drawn from different sources including scrapbooks and drawings, memories and observations of everyday life. Details including clothing or costumes, footwear or the lack thereof dislocate the figures from any particular time or place. The paintings invite the viewer to slow down and to carefully observe; to enter the imaginary visual tales the artist spins. The poetic and thought-provoking titles of the works reinforce that much is left to the imagination of the beholder. Exhibition: Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain (31.03. - 10.09.2023).
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