Tel Aviv-based painter Guy Yanai creates bold, dynamic paintings that suffuse his experience of the everyday world with a graphic intensity. Addressing the material trappings of contemporary life, his paintings depict mundane subjects such as the interior of his therapist’s office and his own home, flattening and abstracting them in a way that make them seem removed and objective, leaving a graphic imprint of the everyday. And while his paintings are simplistic, bold and colorful, there’s a certain drama to each of them.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the abstract world of Guy Yanai.
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- 1977
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- Avant-Garde Boat
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- Battle of San Romano 1
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- Bird
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- Boat
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- European Landscape
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- Haus
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- Horse
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- Leaving Europe 1
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- Leaving Europe 2
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- Lighthouse
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- Living Room
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- Living Room From The Outside
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- Marriage
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- Plants By The Window
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- Plant in Corner
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- Plant In Red Pot
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- Plant With Shadow
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- Post Office
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- Poster For Solo Show
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- Queen
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- Queen Sheba
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- Romy’s Room
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- Tennis On TV
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- The Void
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- Therapy
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- Woman Outside
I love his colors, each painting is so vibrant.I love them all.
Hi Angeline. I love his use of bold colors too, but there’s also a childishness in his style that’s perfect for that. Glad you like!
I think Yanai is the most interesting artist you have featured. I love the detail and composition of his paintings – and of course the colors are clear and bright.
Hi Pat. Wow … that’s saying something! I like the simplicity of his work, lots of horizontal movement. He certainly is interesting, I’ll give you that. Glad you liked his work so much!
Has he been featured on any magazine covers? I could swear that I had seen something like his art on the front of a newsstand kiosk somewhere, maybe on a “New Yorker” or etc. cover. It’s not abstract in the ordinary sense, because you can still “tell what it’s supposed to be.”
You may have seen Hockney’s “a Bigger Splash”….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bigger_Splash
Wow! I knew I had seen the image at the top of this post somewhere before!!! Of course! Talk about acknowledging your influences!
Yah, he terms his work and style as abstract, but, as you say, not in the ordinary sense. Interesting work, though.
I really .. love the colors he are using .. dramatic, bold and playful – but I don’t agree with the art itself – to square for me … I wish you a great weekend.
Hi Viveka … no worries about that! That’s the nice thing about art … everyone has their thing!
Yes, art is what it’s … sometime I think it takes the mickey out us too.
What a colorful and beautiful arts. 🙂 I like them.
Yes, his colors and shapes are very vivid. I could see a few of these hanging in a child’s playroom.