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Darius Yektai"After Poussin: Madonna of the Steps" abstract, figurative painting, warm tones2024
2024
$33,600
£25,458.37
€29,211.47
CA$47,280.62
A$51,974.41
CHF 27,315.37
MX$631,158.67
NOK 340,752.34
SEK 322,838.88
DKK 218,012.55
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A famous French Neoclassical painting by Nicholas Poussin, copied by Darius Yektai on four panels of linen. "Madonna of the Steps" was lauded as the "perfect" composition by art critics around the world. Yektai, inspired by that celebrated perfection, re-interprets the iconic painting within his bold and curious technique of painting. He throws roses on the stage for Poussin - a master whom he can only look up to. These roses are made of thick, gobs of red paint with dark green stems. Some roses appear as just splats of paint, haphazardly squirted from the tube onto the canvas, and left as-is. Furthermore, Yektai embraces this amorphous quality upon the "perfect composition" by allowing the paint to drip off of the canvas, falling two inches down to the base of the frame, which has been painted as an extension of the composition. Pools of resin can be found upon Mary's feet, her face, and above Jesus's head. Perhaps a nod to the holy infant, his halo, and his virgin mother.
Darius Yektai was born in Southampton, NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. Surrounded by the arts in his youth, Yektai absorbed the rich creative culture of his home, shared with his Greek-American Mother, and his Father, Manoucher Yektai, an Iranian who emigrated to the US during the Second World War, who was a prominent Hamptons AbEx painter among the likes of Jackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning. Throughout Darius’s journey as an artist, he has explored unique and inventive methods of handling paint, reconciling subject and message, searching for a balance between representation and expressionism. While Yektai has naturally picked up some instincts from his father, he continues to push even further into a style that is now completely his own. A signature technique of his is the thick impasto application of oil paint, followed by layers of resin, which are then painted over, creating space and dimension within the plane of a canvas. As such, his paintings transcend the 2-dimensional and often lean sculptural, combining paint with found objects like broken ceramics, strips of canvas, and natural materials. He's creating sculptural paintings that like to be walked around and can't only be read from left to right; These paintings must be examined from surface to base, from section to section, and finally as a whole. While many of his paintings are grounded by observational elements like the still life or landscape, Yektai manipulates these spaces through the process of abstraction, leaving us with complex compositions, engaging and sensual surfaces, and bold color combinations that leave us asking, what will he do next?
Yektai’s recent body of work requires us to take a literal step back; These paintings are large, bold, the colors synthesizing an abstract song about nature and feeling. Up close, we can investigate his decisions in the artistic process, but from afar, we recognize the prodigious skill of an abstract composer. In this new work, Yektai also returns to an iconic subject that he’s reignited our passion for, the water lily landscape, with these rich, moody, powerful paintings that continue to draw us in.
- Creator:Darius Yektai (1973, American)
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 52 in (132.08 cm)Width: 76 in (193.04 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Sag Harbor, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: YEK-0073491stDibs: LU389316569032
Darius Yektai
Darius Yektai was born in Southampton, New York, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. Darius grew up in a cultural home of art and artists, with his Greek-American mother and his father, Manoucher Yektai, an Iranian who emigrated to the United States after the Second World War. Manoucher was a prominent Hamptons Abstract Expressionist painter. Darius has picked up some traits from his father but pushes even further into what is now completely his own.
Darius’s most recent body of work is bright and colorful, with oil and acrylic paints laid on thickly. He's creating sculptural paintings that can't be read from left to right — they need to be examined from surface to base, from section to section, and then, overall, as an encompassing whole.
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