JOSÉ YAQUE

KIND OF BLUE

29 September - 20 October 2018

David Gill Gallery proudly presents ‘Kind of Blue’, marking the Cuban artist’s return to the gallery with a series of paintings.

Yaque explains that “the stories and information found are simply invaluable and the works that I have produced so far are the result of this search.” The resulting exhibition summarised the artist’s interpretation of the essence of colour. Consequentially, he has come to feel it is the beginning of the search for this essence in ourselves as well.

Titles sampling the chromatic terms: ‘Phtalo’, ‘Prusia’ and ‘Ultramarino’ referenced the almost precise approach Yaque takes in his study of colour, pigment, shade, depth and movement. His precision is then dramatized and amplified through paint and enamel onto the large canvases, described by Curator Laura Salas Redondo as “a telluric and almost dramatic force”.

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