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Joshua Yeldham
Joshua Yeldham
其他書名
Surrender Tree
出版Arthouse Gallery, 2013
主題Art / General
ISBN06469092669780646909264
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=81s-nwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Arthouse Gallery is proud to present a dazzling selection of new artworks by Australian artist Joshua Yeldham. 'Surrender Tree' marks his first solo show in Sydney for almost three years. 2013 has already been a highly significant year for the artist, having been selected as a finalist in both the Archibald and Wynne Prizes (Art Gallery of New South Wales). In this much-anticipated show, Yeldham yet again demonstrates his virtuosity across a number of different and complementary mediums, encompassing oils on board, works on paper and sculptural assemblages. New to this show is a collection of unique carved photographic images featuring the eerily beautiful mangrove systems of the Hawkesbury River. These artworks reveal his unique treatment of the medium whereby he is effectively piercing and carving into the delicate paper surface of the photographic print. These works will first be glimpsed at the new Sydney Contemporary Fair in late September. Among his peers Nicholas Harding, Guy Maestri, and the actor Richard Roxburgh, it's considered that Yeldham has made the Hawkesbury/Pittwater region his own, in much the same way Lloyd Rees is synonymous with Sydney Harbour. The artist has created a distinctive visual language that fuses the physical characteristics of the landscape with metaphysical stratas of history and mythology - indigenous and colonial - and of the artist's own imaginings. "This body of work is the result of my exploration through the Hawkesbury River and Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park," says the artist. "I have carved into photographs of mangrove trees, digging through the pigment to reveal its underbelly. A scarification of lines that build a bridge over the void of landscape towards my inner world." With inspiration drawn from a deeply spiritual connection with the landscape, Yeldham's paintings form an interplay between his rich imagination and experience. His abstract landscapes and figurative works contain recurrent symbolic motifs, fusing the landscape and everyday historical icons with narrative and myth.