Artist Kennedy Yanko displays her largest exhibition to date across two galleries in New York City, featuring 30 sculptures of crushed metal and paint skins. The exhibits, 'Epithets' at James Cohan Gallery and 'Retro Future' at Salon 94, offer both familiar and surprising elements for visitors. Yanko's signature blend of salvaged materials and innovative techniques creates works that evoke deep emotional resonance, exploring themes of materiality and transformation. The exhibition includes vibrant colors as well as impactful monochromatic pieces that connect the two venues, enriching the viewer's experience.
"Kennedy Yanko's work is a poetic dance between large chunks of old crushed metal that she rescues from scrapyards, combined with 'paint skins' - a material she creates by applying thick layers of paint to her floor and peeling them to become malleable 'paintings' without a canvas."
"The brutally disfigured metal meets the 'paint skins' to find a seductive confusion of material, weight, and age; physically they hover between mass and air, emotionally they resonate with a kind of beautiful sadness and joyous hope."
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