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accrochage «Sexe, Argent et Pouvoir» janvier - mars 2013
Born in 1970 in England. Lives and works in London.
Jonathan Yeo is mostly known for his collages and portraits from celebrities to royalties and politicians. The clothing of the portrayed and the background are often undeveloped so the essence of the individual can emerge from the canvas. Yeo’s more recent work explores the world of cosmetic surgery with paintings of bodies mapped out for the scalpel and unconscious patients on operation tables.
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accrochage «Struggle(s)» april - june 2012
Yin Xiuzhen, born in 1963 in China, lives and works in Beijing.
Yin Xiuzhen has worked primarily in site-specific installation and sculpture since the early 90s. Her work addresses issues on both environmental and personal scale. She often uses daily materials, including found textiles. By employing recycled materials, she seeks to personalize objects and allude to the lives of specific individuals, which are often neglected in the drive toward excessive urbanization, fast modern development and the growing global economy.
Yin deals with frequent themes, including memory, past and present, as well as the complex relationship between individuals and the constantly shifting society they live in.
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accrochage «Lightness?» january - march 2012
Akiyama Yo was born in 1953 in Japan.
His art stands in stark contrast to the utilitarian nature of traditional ceramics. Yo’s sculptures are rather a manifestation of the very essence of clay. Harkening back to its geological origin, his oeuvre reflects the igneous nature of clay formed during its swift cooling from volcanic magma.
His aesthetic perspective is that art is in a constant state of transformation, like the surface of the earth.
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accrochage «Rouge» september - december 2012
Born in 1960 in the USA. Lives and works in New York.
From brush-painting to photography and going through film making and sculptures, Ward Yoshimoto’s creations combine Japanese heritage and suburban American culture. Dada, Surrealism and Pop Art are his main references, as well as the turbulent social and political disorder of this youth. His assemblages of found objects might be seen as attempts to define a new identity after the American Dream’s decline.
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accrochage «Struggle(s)» april - june 2012
Aaron Young, born in 1972 in the USA, lives and works in New York.
Aaron Young's artworks rely on the aftereffects of dynamic, energetic, and sometimes even dangerous performances. He hires participants such as skateboarders and motorcycle riders, to perform various stunts in exhibition spaces on specially prepared platforms. Young uses destructive actions as generative force; the traces of his ephemeral acts are recorded as videos, drawings, sculptures, and photographs, operating both as independent pieces and documentary material on his performances. Through his unorthodox way of working, Young addresses issues of cultural hierarchy – a framework describing social ranking – to explore sustainable forms of autonomous expression.
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