Letting Her Art (and Birds) Do the Talking
The New York Times • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's exhibition "Many a Moonlight Caveat" features 46 new works blending representation and conceptual art, including paintings and numerous charcoal and sanguine drawings.
- The show, held at both locations of the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York, marks her first major U.S. exhibition since 2019, following notable solo shows at Tate Britain and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
- Yiadom-Boakye creates her figures from imagination, inspired by a mix of family photos, found images, postcards, and magazine clippings, rather than direct portraiture.
- Her artistic process has been likened to novelistic character-building, emphasizing the alchemical experience of painting as described by painter Jennifer Packer.