About
Kennedy Yanko
Moving Weight
We are delighted to present American artist and rising star, Kennedy Yanko, in her first solo exhibition in Scandinavia. Based in Brooklyn, New York, the Missouri native has created a new visual language with her sensual hanging sculptures and wall reliefs. By redefining the traditional concept of painting by delving into the limitless possibilities of sculpting with paint, the artist has added yet another layer into the art historical canon. Yanko approaches the more archetypal forum of metal sculpture, in particular scrap metal, and infuses the material into her practice. By opening her artistic practice to more atypical trains of thought, Yanko has expanded her expression to encompass these new directives.
It is with great pride that CFHILL presents this exhibition, a dialogue between Kennedy Yanko and one of the most important artists, painters, of the 20th Century, Hilma af Klint. Af Klint’s work, although revered, never overshadows Yanko’s four powerful, bombastic new works created for this exhibition. By allowing for a balanced dance to come to life, both artist's work give new meaning to the concept of poetry created by object and artwork. The physical and metaphysical weight the two artists encounter and challenge via their artistic practices is on display, daring the space and those who enter to engage with complex concepts of self and art making, as well as how we relate to beauty and aesthetics of the work. Moving Weight, invites the viewer to participate in an ongoing dialogue between Kennedy Yanko & Hilma af Klint, where spirituality is often left to the side as an afterthought. In defiance of this stance, we invite the observer to allow the artwork to occupy both their body and mind, truly engrossing themself with the materiality and weight of the work.
