C56
Wed, 6 Dec, 11am–7pm Thurs, 7 Dec, 11am–7pm Fri, 8 Dec, 11am–7pm Sat, 9 Dec, 11am–7pm Sun, 10 Dec, 11am–5pm
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JD Malat Gallery is thrilled to return to Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2023 with the French artist Yann Leto's captivating new series of oil paintings. Drawing inspiration from the banal and the everyday, these canvases transcend the ordinary, rendering them meaningful and fascinating.
Yann Leto seeks to bring forth a new imaginative world, where social networks and personal experiences serve as sources of inspiration from which he draws his ironic ideas and critiques. Depicting various moments in everyday life from sports to the night scene, Leto establishes a purely visual and emotional circuit that reproduces new narratives and re-positions individuals in a turbulent society. In his extensive body of work, Leto ferociously banishes all limitations of artistic expression and incorporates a captivating synthesis of the poignant, the absurd, and the provocative. The combination of vivid and murky color palettes allows Leto to articulate vulnerable topics in an entertaining and compelling way and underscores nonconformism as an essential component of his paintings.
In this most recent series that will be presented in Miami, Leto engages with Ludwig Meidner's assertions, which declare: 'We should paint what is close to us, of our urban world,' and to the sociologist Henri Lefebre, who signals that social practices are becoming theatrical, dramatizing themselves due to the energy of different groups that interfere with its landscape. This latter concept significantly informs the themes of Leto's work in this series.
In each of the featured paintings, the artist seeks to explore the perspectives of space through individuals, colors, and narratives. Lefebre's discourse on the 'eroticization of landscape' is palpable in pieces like "Sex in the Landscape'' and "Sleeping Man", offering a thought-provoking reflection on the impact of social media as a potent force in masking the realities of life. Individuals retreat behind the facade of social platforms, projecting an illusion of ease while concealing the challenges behind the scenes.
The artist's gaze is not only that of the painters in modern life who depict scenes of life but also that of a vagabond who collects urban experiences, pilfered photographs, and other press paraphernalia. These artifacts serve as the foundation for a collage of witnessed images presented in imposing formats, characterizing Leto in the manner of a Dadaist. Indeed, Yann Leto is on an eternal quest to search for the absurd and the ironic, depicting spaces that balance finely between dream and reality.
JD Malat Gallery's participation at Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2023 supports our vision of presenting and situating the works of established and emerging artists within the framework of the global contemporary art scene. By exhibiting at Untitled Art to the cosmopolitan audience of Miami, JD Malat Gallery seeks to push the boundaries of contemporary art by promoting new engaging artists and stimulating the continuous dialogue between art, artists, and viewers across the world.
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JD Malat Gallery Booth C56
Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2023
