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GUY YANAI
GUY YANAI
GUY YANAI
GUY YANAI
The Old, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 37 x 30 cm, A/Y#22006
The Old, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 37 x 30 cm, A/Y#22006
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 37 x 30 cm, A/Y#22003
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 37 x 30 cm, A/Y#22003
New England, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 37 x 30 cm, A/Y#22005
New England, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 37 x 30 cm, A/Y#22005
House, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 37 x 30 cm, A/Y#22004
House, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 37 x 30 cm, A/Y#22004
Ancienne Rive (A Tree and a Cave), 2015, Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches, 182.9 x 152.4 cm, A/Y#22575
Ancienne Rive (A Tree and a Cave), 2015, Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches, 182.9 x 152.4 cm, A/Y#22575
The Window (After P.G.), 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 37 x 30 cm, A/Y#22007
The Window (After P.G.), 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, 37 x 30 cm, A/Y#22007
Heart, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 12 inches, 36.8 x 30.5 cm, A/Y#22603
Heart, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 12 inches, 36.8 x 30.5 cm, A/Y#22603
End of Europe (Geographically), 2015, Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches, 182.9 x 152.4 cm, A/Y#22576
End of Europe (Geographically), 2015, Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches, 182.9 x 152.4 cm, A/Y#22576
Pink Box on Bad Girl, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 12 inches, 36.8 x 30.5 cm, A/Y#22605
Pink Box on Bad Girl, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 12 inches, 36.8 x 30.5 cm, A/Y#22605
Medieval, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 12 inches, 36.8 x 30.5 cm, A/Y#22604
Medieval, 2014, Oil on linen, 14 1/2 x 12 inches, 36.8 x 30.5 cm, A/Y#22604
Boat With No Sailors, 2015, Oil on linen, 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 36 x 30 cm, A/Y#22630
Boat With No Sailors, 2015, Oil on linen, 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 36 x 30 cm, A/Y#22630
Claire Climbing, 2015, Oil on linen, 27 1/2 x 25 inches, 70 x 64 cm, A/Y#22631
Claire Climbing, 2015, Oil on linen, 27 1/2 x 25 inches, 70 x 64 cm, A/Y#22631
Claire's Knee II, 2015, Oil on linen, 25 x 27 1/2 inches, 64 x 70 cm, A/Y#22632
Claire's Knee II, 2015, Oil on linen, 25 x 27 1/2 inches, 64 x 70 cm, A/Y#22632
End of Europe (Geographically) II, 2015, Oil on linen, 27 1/2 x 25 inches, 70 x 64 cm, A/Y#22633
End of Europe (Geographically) II, 2015, Oil on linen, 27 1/2 x 25 inches, 70 x 64 cm, A/Y#22633
Last Splash, 2015, Oil on linen, 25 x 27 1/2 inches, 64 x 70 cm, A/Y#22634
Last Splash, 2015, Oil on linen, 25 x 27 1/2 inches, 64 x 70 cm, A/Y#22634
Untitled, 2015, Oil on linen, 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 36 x 30 cm, A/Y#22635
Untitled, 2015, Oil on linen, 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 36 x 30 cm, A/Y#22635
Plant With Five Leaves, 2015, Oil on linen, 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 36 x 30 cm, A/Y#22636
Plant With Five Leaves, 2015, Oil on linen, 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 36 x 30 cm, A/Y#22636
Sainte Maxime, 2015, Oil on linen, 27 1/2 x 25 inches, 70 x 64 cm, A/Y#22637
Sainte Maxime, 2015, Oil on linen, 27 1/2 x 25 inches, 70 x 64 cm, A/Y#22637
Sprinkler for Grandfather (After DH), 2015, Oil on linen, 27 1/2 x 25 inches, 70 x 64 cm, A/Y#22638
Sprinkler for Grandfather (After DH), 2015, Oil on linen, 27 1/2 x 25 inches, 70 x 64 cm, A/Y#22638
Non-Mediterranean House (After AK), 2015, Oil on linen, 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 36 x 30 cm, A/Y#22653
Non-Mediterranean House (After AK), 2015, Oil on linen, 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 36 x 30 cm, A/Y#22653

Press Release

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AMERINGER | McENERY | YOHE is pleased to announce Ancienne Rive, an exhibition of new paintings by Guy Yanai. The exhibition will open on 9 July 2015 and will remain on view through 14 August 2015. A public reception for the artist will be held on 9 July from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Guy Yanai’s fragmented stripes are paralleled by thick,
vivid colors and banal subjects. Ancienne Rive, meaning
ancient river, calls upon ideas of history, authenticity, and
something with deep roots, which contradicts the artist’s
self-proclaimed feelings of loneliness, foreign alienation
and the notion of being both nowhere and everywhere.
This sentiment is a result of Yanai having spent time in numerous countries and not feeling a particular connection to a geographic location. However, as noted by Yanai, “nowhere has so many advantages, [one is] able to grab and steal from everything.”

The commonplace subjects depicted in the artist’s work directly reflect his idea of being rootless. Classical themes of landscape and still life are re-imagined in this new body of work and allow Yanai’s vision to be both relatable and discernible to the viewer. Everyday subjects suggest that he is disenchanted by the throwaway nature of modern day society. Yet, there is a beauty in the simplicity and naiveté to his paintings.

Tension exists between every stripe as one coat of paint is used, leaving small areas of raw canvas. Each stripe is critical to the work’s success. The seemingly mechanical nature of Yanai’s paintings is misleading as the more time spent with the work, the more there is to discover.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue, also titled Ancienne Rive, with texts by Cary S. Levine and Timothee Chaillou, designed by Aurore Chauve and published by Yanai and Chauve’s publishing house, Yundler Brondino Verlag.

GUY YANAI was born in 1977 in Haifa, Israel. He attended Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY and the New York Studio School, New York, NY, and received a BFA from Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.

Yanai has had recent solo exhibitions, including “Diary,” Galerie Derouillon, Paris, France; “First Battle Lived Accident,” Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel; “Accident Nothing,” Aran Cravey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Lived & Laughed & Loved & Left,” La Montagne Gallery, Boston, MA; and “Battle Therapy Living Room,” Velan Center for Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy.

Recent group exhibitions include “Par Ici Mon Kiki,” Le Coeur, Paris, France; “Summer Mixer,” Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY; “Just Before Brazil,” A.L.I.C.E. Gallery, Brussels, Belgium; “EDEN/EDEN,” Galerie Torri, Paris, France; “GROWTH,” Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark; and “Senses of the Mediterranean,” Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

Yanai currently lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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