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Yavuz Gallery Sydney

Locality: Sydney, Australia

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Address: 86 George Street 2016 Sydney, NSW, Australia

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23.01.2022 Seung Yul Oh works seamlessly across various media including painting, sculpture, and public art commissions in ways that are both light-hearted and serious. His practice is often concerned with air, with spaces and voids, and how audiences mediate with what lies between. Oh’s painting is a formal and minimalist practice, which the artist has described as ‘musical’ and offering moments of balance and counterpoint. Like his sculptural installations, his ongoing ‘Lean’ series ...seeks to orchestrate relationships between objects in space. Beginning with three colours to form borders along the left, right, and bottom of the canvas Oh selects one border colour and paints a diagonal line across the work’s surface. What develops is a careful and improvised composition of vectors very thin lines just touching as they lean and balance precariously upon others, dividing or opening up space. Seeing each line as contributing a distinct presence or impact, Oh’s choreography of fragile relationships across the painting’s surface creates both an architectural and social space. On view now as part of "FIRST LIGHT" at Yavuz Gallery Sydney. Image: installation view of (L to R) - 'Lean_Clap_02', 'Lean_Lift_02', 'Lean_Hold_02', 2020 acrylic on canvas, 30 x 25 cm (each); 'Lean_Lift_03', 50 x 40 cm; 'Lean_Float_02', 30 x 25 cm #firstlight #yavuzgallery #yavuzgallerysydney #redfern #contemporaryart #southkoreanartist #newzealandartist #minimal #seungyuloh #starkwhite #starkwhitegallery @starkwhite @seungyul

23.01.2022 Welcome and congratulations to Marikit Santiago! Yavuz Gallery is proud to announce the representation of Marikit Santiago, Sir John Sulman Prize Winner 2020. Working across painting and assemblage, Santiago draws on a rich array of sources - borrowing from Australian and Filipino contemporary culture, Western Art Canon, as well as biblical symbology. Her work employs traditional figurative oil techniques alongside unconventional mark-making of pyrography, combined with pl...ayful collaborations with her children’s drawings. Santiago interrogates and critiques the tensions that exist between her intersecting social, cultural and religious experiences. Through her practice, she considers the ways in which her Filipino heritage and Australian nationality intersect with her socially assigned roles as a woman and mother, and how these are framed within the context of being raised within the Catholic faith. Through the articulation of her own experiences, Santiago’s works reflect the simultaneous acceptance and rejection of her interweaving ethnic, cultural and social identities. They expand on a multigenerational tradition of story-telling, in hopes of passing down Filipino culture to her own children who are being raised within a contemporary Australian context. Artwork: Winner Sulman Prize 2020 Marikit Santiago,' The divine', 2020, acrylic, oil, pen, pyrography and 18ct gold leaf on ply, 179.5 x 120.5 cm, photo by Garry Trinh @artgalleryofNSW @marikitsantiago @yavuzgallery #marikitsantiago #SulmanPrize #ArtGalleryofNSW #AGNSW #YavuzGallery #YavuzGalleryArtist

21.01.2022 Just announced! A huge congratulations to Archibald and Sir John Sulman finalist Abdul Abdullah, to Archibald and Wynne finalist Guy Maestri, to Sir John Sulman and Wynne finalist Caroline Rothwell, and Sir John Sulman finalist Marikit Santiago! View the full selection of talented 2020 finalists via @artgallerynsw. From left to right: Abdul Abdullah, 'Untitled self-portrait', 2020, oil and aerosol on linen, 183 x 163 cm, Archibald Prize Finalist 2020; https://www.artgallery....nsw.gov.au/pri/archibald/2020/30203/ Abdul Abdullah, 'We didn't start the fire', 2020, oil on linen, 198.5 x 163 cm, Sir John Sulman Prize Frinalist 2020; https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/sulman/2020/30151/ Guy Maestri, 'JB reading', 2020, oil on linen, 43.5 x 43.5 cm, photo by AGNSW Jenni Carter, Archibald Prize Finalist 2020; https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/pri/archibald/2020/30231/ Guy Maestri, 'The rain song', 2020, oil on linen, 198 x 244 cm, Wynne Prize Finalist 2020; https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/wynne/2020/30182/ Caroline Rothwell, 'Vault', 2020, acrylic on linen, 163 x 183 cm, Sir John Sulman Prize Finalist 2020; https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/sulman/2020/30164/ Caroline Rothwell, 'Symbiosis (bluebeard orchid)', 2020, hyrdrostone, canvas, paint, epoxy glass, stainless steel, wood, hardware, 213 x 60 cm, Wynne Prize Finalist 2020; https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/wynne/2020/30193/ Marikit Santiago,' The divine', 2020, acrylic, oil, pen, pyrography and 18ct gold leaf on ply, 179.5 x 120.5 cm, photo by Garry Trinh, Sir John Sulman Prize Finalist 2020 https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/sulman/2020/30167/ #archibaldprize #sulmanprize #wynneprize #abdulabdullah #guymaestri #carolinerothwell #marikitsantiago #artgallerynsw #award

19.01.2022 Yavuz Gallery artists Abdul Abdullah, Zico Albaiquni, Yeo Kaa, Danie Mellor, Alvin Ong and Pannaphan Yodmanee are part of The Possibility of an Island currently presented at Arndt Art Agency in London. Alongside other key practitioners from the Asia Pacific Region, all these creative positions are united by the fact that they originate from islands; thousands of archipelagos, surrounded by water. The Possibility of an Island will be opening to the public at the conclusio...n of the lockdown with the show open for visitation from 3rd to 11th December 2020. Images (L-R): Abdul Abdullah, ‘Together 1’, 2020, manual embroidery made with the assistance of DGTMB studios, 148 x 149 cm; Zico Albaiquni, ‘In Struggle to Change the World’, 2020, oil and giclee on canvas, 200 x 145 x 4 cm; Yeo Kaa, ‘I was hoping you won’t choose the wrong things but I know you will’, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 122.5 x 152.5 cm; Danie Mellor, ‘Far away’, 2020, acrylic on linen with gesso and iridescent wash, 136 x 187 cm; Alvin Ong, ‘Sayang’, 2020, oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm; Pannaphan Yodmanee, ‘Chronometer Goddess’, 2020, mixed media on jute, 120 x 100 x 4.5 cm #yavuzgallery #yavuzgalleryartists #abdulabdullah #zicoalbaiquni #yeokaa #daniemellor #alvinong #pannaphanyodmanee #arndtartagency #cromwellpalace #paviliongallery

19.01.2022 "Closer than they appear" closes today at Yavuz Gallery Sydney. Stay tuned for the second part of the exhibition opening mid-September in Singapore! Featuring celebrated artists originating from across Asia-Pacific, "Closer than they appear" acts as a wormhole to connect the two galleries. Representing a diversity of generations, approaches, and viewpoints, the artists embark on this spatial journey by exploring understandings of landscape, Country, and location; as well as... temporally evoking life, death, and rebirth. Image: installation view of the exhibition in Sydney featuring the works of Fiona Pardington, Rodel Tapaya, Manit Sriwanichpoom and Danie Mellor #yavuzgallery #closerthantheyappear #yavuzgalleryartist #sydney #contemporaryart #10 #anniversary #painting #australianart #southeastasianart #artsg #fionapardington #rodeltapaya #manitsriwanichpoom #daniemellor

18.01.2022 Opening 8 September at Yavuz Gallery Sydney: "FIRST LIGHT" "FIRST LIGHT" features five artists from the Asia Pacific region exploring the formal qualities of light, shadow and colour. Through the use of pastel colours that reference skyscapes, Andre Hemer and Tara Kasenda both investigate light within their respective ephemeral painting practices, as well as through moving image. Genevieve Chua’s monochromatic works draw attention to the forms of her irreg...ularly stretched canvases, using visual disruptions and echoes of shade and silhouette. Seung Yul Oh’s series of five new canvases offer a quiet moment of balance and counterpoint, while Ani O’Neill’s whimsical colour field crochet is an exploration of chroma through the craft-based practice informed by her Cook Islands heritage. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with Starkwhite Gallery and STPI - Creative Workshop & Gallery Featured image: Tara Kasenda, 'Place de la Concorde', 2020, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm #yavuzgallery #firstlight #andrehemer #tarakasenda #genevievechua #anioneill #seungyuloh #starkwhite #stpigallery #stpi #sydney See more

18.01.2022 One of Southeast Asia’s leading photographic artists, Manit Sriwanichpoom has made a career of icon-study in the Thai context. Working across photography, performance, video and painting, he scrutinises the contemporary social and political complexities of Thailand an interest he has developed in his previous career as a photojournalist. Sriwanichpoom is perhaps best known for his ongoing ‘Pink Man’ series. The eponymous character, a man dressed in a pink silk tu...xedo pushing a matching shopping cart, gets inserted impassively into violent political scenes or in front of major monuments. A critique of consumer culture in Thailand, 'Pink Man Meets Lord Buddha' represents Sriwanichpoom’s iconic figure Pink Man in sculptural form. Image: @pinkmanit, 'Pink Man Meets Lord Buddha', 2013, mixed media, dimensions variable #yavuzgallery #closerthantheyappear #manitsriwanichpoom #yavuzgalleryartist #sydney #contemporaryart #10 #anniversary #sculpture #pinkman #thaiart #thaiartist @ Yavuz Gallery Sydney See more

17.01.2022 Dean Cross' latest work, 'Untitled Exploration' on view at Yavuz Gallery Sydney as part of the exhibition "Closer than they appear". Born in 1986 of Worimi descent and raised on Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country, Cross’ multi-disciplinary practice calls forth Australian colonial narratives, challenging the Australian myth through a critical lens. "Closer than they appear" is on view until this weekend.... Images: detailed and installation view of 'Untitled Exploration', 2018, synthetic polymer, oil stick, charcoal on canvas, found photo and synthetic polymer on acrylic and found poster, 210 x 147.5 cm (irregular) #yavuzgallery #closerthantheyappear #deancross #yavuzgalleryartist #sydney #contemporaryart #10 #anniversary #painting #australianart #landscape #alwayswasalwayswillbe

15.01.2022 Congratulations to Dean Cross, who has just been announced as the inaugural recipient of The Good Initiative! The Good Initiative is a new $20,000 award for a major commission presented by Goulburn Regional Art Gallery. Cross’ solo exhibition will be presented in 2021, showing some of his new works created from and in the region where he spent the early guiding years of his practice.

15.01.2022 Investigating the frontier between representation and abstraction, Singaporean-artist Ruben Pang is best known for his vibrant paintings on aluminium where he uses the metallic qualities of the panels to render spectral traits to his ethereal figures. Playing with the movement and smoothness of the surface, Pang embraces chance in the way he spreads the paint and the alkyl-resin on the aluminium. 'All is Well' on view at "Closer than they appear" is characteristic of his int...uitive style highlighting spontaneity as an essential part of his technique and creative process. Image: @rubenpang, 'All is Well', 2020, oil, alkyd and synthetic varnish on aluminium composite panel, 180 x 120 cm #yavuzgallery #closerthantheyappear #rubenpang #yavuzgalleryartist #sydney #contemporaryart #10 #anniversary #painting #singaporeanartist #aluminium @ Yavuz Gallery Sydney

14.01.2022 Always Was, Always Will Be. With this year’s theme for NAIDOC Week, we recognise the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the oldest continuing cultures on the planet and celebrate their diverse and rich histories. Sovereignty was never ceded. ... In celebration of the true custodians of the lands on which we live and work, we look back at Dean Cross’ ongoing project Monuments, in which Cross articulates concepts of resistance, strength and survival in the face of a colonisation. Handfuls of white ochre consisting Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country where the artist grew up, are gathered with permission from local elder and custodian of the land Aunty Matilda House build a grid that spreads across the floor. Mixed with gold leaf, each handful represents one year of colonisation in Australia. A Western statue is a depiction; my monuments are the real thing, says Cross. Image: Dean Cross, Monuments (2018 ongoing indefinitely, 2020 iteration), handfuls of Ngunnawal ochre & gold leaf, dimensions variable Photo: Kai Wasikowski @Naidocweek @deean.cross @4a_aus #NAIDOCweek #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOC #alwayswasalwayswillbe

14.01.2022 Through her paintings, Filipino artist Marina Cruz has continually explored an essential trait found within the region: the valued continuum that proceeds from close family ties among succeeding generations. Through her art, she is able to transpose the activity of one generation to the next: her grandmother’s dress-making, her mother’s fittings, and her own activity of painting. This closed cycle of familial undertakings, carefully pieced together and sympathetically present...ed by Cruz, has become rare in a world that has developed the propensity to reach outward rather than inward, due to the globalising technologies. Images: installation and detailed views of @iammarinacruz, 'Barren land but maybe not', 2020, oil on canvas, 152.4 x 152.4 cm #yavuzgallery #closerthantheyappear #marinacruz #sydney #contemporaryart #10 #anniversary #painting #artph #arndtartagency @arndtartagency @ Yavuz Gallery Sydney See more

11.01.2022 On view now as part of "FIRST LIGHT" in Sydney is Ani O’Neill's 'There’s no place like home'. O’Neill‘s practice spans installation, object making and performance both as a solo practice and in collaboration. Using wool, fabric, florist ribbon, and items from clearance stores and op shops, she makes objects using Cook Islands handcraft skills to communicate its cultural values and teachings of her grandmother and her heritage. Using a contemporary vernacular, O’Neill’s work i...s anchored within traditional arts and crafts techniques and materials. Her witty, colourful, yet provocative practice has explored issues including: Post-Colonialism, gender, identity, the art-craft divide, and tourism’s commodification of Pacific culture; drawing directly from her experience as someone of Pasifika heritage living in an urban New Zealand setting. Presented in collaboration with @starkwhite Image: installation view of 'There’s no place like home', 1998, acrylic and wool, dimensions variable #firstlight #yavuzgallery #sydney #starkwhite #starkwhite gallery #anioneill #redfern #newzealandartist

11.01.2022 Genevieve Chua is a painter who works primarily with abstraction. Chua’s practice unfurls and reveals the painter’s process through diagram, palimpsest, syntax, and the glitch. While notions of nature and wilderness persist across several works, the form taken by her exhibitions image, text or object is disrupted through painting. Her ongoing series ‘Edge Control’ is shown in Australia for the first time, as part of "FIRST LIGHT" on view now at Yavuz Gallery Sydney. With...in this series, Chua employs a hard-edge monochromatic language of silhouette and shadow that links the unique shape and content of each painting. Presented in collaboration with @stpi_gallery Images: Installation view of (L to R): 'Edge Control #27, Light Stack', 2019, acrylic on linen, 60 x 42 x 4.5 cm 'Edge Control #25, Hard Diplomacy', 2019, acrylic on linen 60 x 42 x 4.5 cm 'Edge Control #11, Shadow Stack', 2018, acrylic on linen, 60 x 42 x 4.5 cm 'Swivel #12'; 'Edge Control #34, 'Surfacing', 2017; 2020, Damar wood and stainless steel bracket, acrylic on linen 74 x 32 x 13.5 cm; 60 x 42 x 4.5 cm #firstlight #yavuzgallery #sydney #stpi #stpigallery #genevievechua #abstraction #redfern #singaporeanartist #singaporeanart

11.01.2022 The latest issue of Vault magazine, 'The Future is Female', features the 2020 Sulman Prize winner Marikit Santiago, alongside many more incredible women in the arts! @marikitsantiago @vaultartmagazine #vaultartandculturemagazine #marikitsantiago #thefutureisfemale #knowhername #yavuzgallery #yavuzgalleryartists

10.01.2022 Congratulations to Danie Mellor (@daniemellor), whose incredible work 'A time of the World's making' is currently showing at @ArtGallleryofNSW as part of "Real Worlds: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2020" curated by Anne Ryan. The epic scene shows a pictorial tableau of life unfolding in the rainforest, the majestic scale of the natural environment emphasising its potent, life-giving properties. Images: installation and detailed view of ‘A time of the World’s making’, (2019), wax pastel, wash with oil pigment, water colour, metallic ink, pencil, marker, collage, twine, Satin Bower Bird feathers and gilding on paper, 236 x 292 cm (artwork size), 198 x 298 x 45cm (overall framed size) #yavuzgallery #daniemellor #artgalleryofnsw #dobellaustraliandrawingbiennial #landscape #landscapepainting

10.01.2022 After an overwhelmingly strong response, Marikit Santiago's debut solo exhibition with Yavuz Gallery - "My Father’s Son", has been extended for another week! The show now closes on Saturday 7 November. Looking forward to welcoming you all at our Sydney space! Images (L-R): installation and detailed views of 'Legacy’, 2020, acrylic, oil and pyrography on found cardboard (paint markings by Maella Pearl, aged 5) in collaboration with Nick Pedulla, 230 x 190 x 43 cm; detailed vie...w of ‘Trophy Life’, 2018, trophies from artist’s friends and relatives, domestic ornaments, used candles, artist’s lamps, artist’s in-laws’ television display cabinet, satin and lace cloaks fabricated by Zanaida Santiago, approx. 190 x 94 x 50 cm, 11 pieces in total #yavuzgallery #yavuzgalleryartist #marikitsantiago #myfathersson #soloexhibition

09.01.2022 Happy birthday to Yavuz Gallery artist Marikit Santiago! What a week for Marikit, who has just been awarded the prestigious 2020 Sir John Sulman Prize. Congratulations again! Marikit's work is currently exhibited in ‘The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes’ at the @ArtGalleryofNSW until 10 January 2021 and in ‘Sports Show’, at @pari_ari_ , Pari, Parramatta Artist Run Initiative until 25 October 2020.... Her debut solo exhibition titled "My Father’s Son" will be presented at Yavuz Gallery Sydney from 8 to 31 October 2020. @marikitsantiago #marikitsantiago #yavuzgallery #yavuzgalleryartist #myfathersson Image: 'Original Sin', 2018, acrylic, oil, pyrography, pen, 9ct gold leaf, (pen and paint markings by Maella Pearl, aged 4; and Santiago Pearl, aged 2) on found cardboard, 148 x 218 cm See more

04.01.2022 ‘Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020’ launches today! Discover new works by Abdul Abdullah, Aida Azin, Dean Cross, Debra Dawes and Zico Albaiquni all created in 2020 in this year’s @sydneycontemporary online fair!... ‘Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020’ will run until 31 October. From left to right: Abdul Abdullah, 'Can’t see the forest for the fires', 2020, oil on linen, 183 x 122 cm Aida Azin, 'Separation', 2020, acrylic on canvas panel, 46 x 36 cm Dean Cross, 'Deadly', 2020, Rhodamine B on Saunders Waterford mould made watercolour paper, 425gsm, 76 x 56 cm Debra Dawes, 'Skin Deep', 2020, oil on linen, 67 x 47 cm Zico Albaiquni, 'In The Great Green Room There Are Raden Saleh and Henk Ngantung', 2020, oil on canvas, 145 x 200 cm #scpresents2020 #sydneycontemporary #yavuzgallery #yavuzgalleryartist #abdulabdullah #aidaazin #deancross #debradawes #zicoalbaiquni #onlineartfair #contemporaryart @abdul_abdullah @aidapplebaum @zicoalbaiquni @deean.cross

02.01.2022 8 - 26 Sep: Yavuz Gallery Sydney is proud to present 'FIRST LIGHT', a group exhibition featuring five artists from the Asia Pacific region exploring the formal qualities of light, shadow and colour. Through the use of pastel colours that reference skyscapes, André Hemer and Tara Kasenda both investigate light within their respective ephemeral painting practices, as well as through moving image. Genevieve Chua’s monochromatic works draw attention to the forms of her irregularl...y stretched canvases, using visual disruptions and echoes of shade and silhouette. Seung Yul Oh’s series of five new canvases offer a quiet moment of balance and counterpoint, while Ani O’Neill’s whimsical colour field crochet is an exploration of chroma through the craft-based practice informed by her Cook Islands heritage. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand and STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, Singapore. Image: Tara Kasenda, 'Place de la Concorde', 2020, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm