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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description
- Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
- Conspiracies
- signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 2010 on the reverse
- oil on canvas
- 140.5 by 190cm.; 55 3/8 by 74 7/8 in.
Provenance
Corvi-Mora, London
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Condition
Colour:
The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate.
Condition:
This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Stripped of any specific context, time or place, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s paintings unfold open-ended narratives, providing a fertile terrain for the viewer’s own projected interpretation and imagination. A writer and poet as well as a visual artist, for Boakye painting is a vocabulary that words can’t speak: “When I write it’s normally something that I can’t paint, and I paint what I can’t write, so in most of the paintings the narrative isn’t that clear […] I think it’s important to let things be self-explanatory. I think it’s important that it’s a sensual experience” (Lynette Yiadom-Boakye quoted in “In the studio with Turner Prize 2013 nominee Lynette Yiadom-Boakye”,www.tate.org.uk, online resource).
In Conspiracies, two women of undetermined age are sitting on a beach, but the atmosphere feels cold, shrouded in obscurity. Perhaps are they sharing a secret - the pervasive feeling of unease that tints the overall composition and one of the character’s piercing stare suggests the viewer’s intrusion. With its muted palette of earthy tones, this uncanny scene from which a dramatic tension transpires hauntingly captures the poetic image making which defines Boakye's work.