Exhibition Information

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Guy Yani Outside
2023 Oil on canvas 120x90cm
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Guy Yani Plain Soliel
2023 oil on canvas 130x100cm
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Guy Yani Young Woman Miro Poster
2023 oil on canvas 150x180cm
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			“Hence Proust’s assertion that the greatness of works of art has nothing to do with apparent quality of their subject matter, and everything to do with the subsequent treatment of that matter. And hence his associated claims that everything is potentially a fertile subject for art and that we can make discoveries as valuable in an advertisement for soap as in Pascal’s Pensées.”

- Alain de Botton on Marcel Proust

Alain de Botton’s words on Marcel Proust encapsulate a fundamental aspect of Guy Yanai’s artistic practice – in his paintings, ordinary objects and mundane moments are carefully attended through the artist’s iconic style and color palette. Yanai flattens and abstracts everyday scenes, while his brushstrokes lend the artworks a unique volume. The works are about the painter’s treatment of his subject matter, which may originate from various semantic fields – high or low, particular or universal. 

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