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Darius YektaiBroken Vessels2022
2022
About the Item
In Broken Vessels, Yektai continues to blur the edges of painting and sculpture. Recently he discovered that his father’s, Manoucher Yektai’s now empty studio was broken into, and the only remaining items, two vases were smashed by the vandals. Yektai keeps unexpectedly introducing broken pottery into his work, and this created an opportunity to bring something from his father’s studio directly into his work. The scattered fragments affixed to the surface of this painting could be seen as a literal and symbolic nod to the immigrants’ “melting pot” experience. They also symbolize the fragility of the material plane, where our keepsakes are usually found. Yektai also drops a skull into the mix, reminding us of the fleeting nature of any life, surreptitiously bringing us into a contemporary version of the age-old Vanitas tradition. This heavy message is juxtaposed by the effervescent yellow background and reflective resin, exuding positivity. Carpe Diem!
- Creator:Darius Yektai (1973, American)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 72 in (182.88 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Sag Harbor, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: YEK-0065681stDibs: LU389312511262
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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