Kennedy Yanko Explained

Kennedy Yanko
Birth Place:Saint Louis, Missouri, US
Occupation:Painter, sculptor, installation artist

Kennedy Yanko (born October 21, 1988, in St. Louis, Missouri)[1] [2] is an American sculptor, painter and installation artist known for working with "paint skins" and found metal. Yanko sources discarded objects and other material from salvage yards and manipulates or modifies their form, shape, or structure into her vision. Her abstract work draws upon surrealism, abstract expressionism and physical austerities and her background in performance art.[3] [4] [5]

Work

To create “paint skins,” Yanko pours large amounts of paint and lets it dry into a tarp-like material. From there, she sculpts the paint skin, using her whole body to manipulate the heavy sheet of paint. The paint skin thus becomes a structural material not dissimilar from the metal she utilizes in her sculptures. At times, the two materials are indistinguishable.[6]

In 2023, she presented the solo exhibition Kennedy Yanko: Tilted Lift at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, as part of this institution's Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead lawn program.[7] In 2024, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, acquired her wild wild country (2023) as part of its PAMM Fund for Black Art.

Public art

In 2019, Yanko installed her first public sculpture, titled 3 WAYS, as part of the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition,[8] funded by the Helis Foundation, in New Orleans.[9]

Residencies

Public collections

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ologundudu. Folasade. 2021-05-04. Kennedy Yanko: Postcapitalist Desire. 2021-06-09. The Brooklyn Rail. en-US.
  2. Web site: Rosier. J. Howard. October 29, 2019. Kennedy Yanko at Kavi Gupta Gallery Elizabeth St. 2021-06-09. www.artforum.com. en-US.
  3. Web site: Huzenis. Ella. 2020-10-06. Kennedy Yanko's Sculptures Are a Certain Kind of Woman. 2021-06-09. Interview Magazine. en-US.
  4. Web site: Waddoups. Ryan. 2020-10-20. Kennedy Yanko Isn't Afraid to Take Up Space. 2021-06-09. SURFACE. en-US.
  5. Web site: 2023-03-17 . Meet the Buzzy Brooklyn Artist Creating Powerful Sculptures out of Found Materials . 2024-09-10 . Galerie . en-US.
  6. Web site: Miller. Michelle. 2021-12-04. Artist Kennedy Yanko makes a name for herself at the return of Art Basel Miami. .
  7. Web site: mocad . 2023-03-21 . KENNEDY YANKO: TILTED LIFT . 2024-09-10 . MOCAD . en-US.
  8. Web site: Maccash . Doug . 3 October 2019 . Five new mod sculptures on Poydras Street are 'greatest drive-by art exhibit' . 2021-06-09 . NOLA.com . en.
  9. Web site: Public Art - The Helis Foundation Advancing Access to the Arts in NOLA . 2021-06-09 . The Helis Foundation . en-US.
  10. Web site: Kennedy Yanko. 2021-06-09. Fountainhead. en-US.
  11. Web site: Pérez Art Museum Miami Announces Acquisition of Artworks by Isaac Julien and Kennedy Yanko at Eleventh Annual Art + Soul Celebration • Pérez Art Museum Miami . 2024-09-10 . Pérez Art Museum Miami . en-US.
  12. Web site: Learn more about Kennedy Yanko's past work and forthcoming shows. 2021-06-09. Kennedy Yanko. en-US.

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