At the Gagosian Gallery in Rome the first Italian solo exhibition of Y.Z. Kami: nocturnal works on display

by Redazione , published on 18/01/2020
Categories: Exhibitions / Disclaimer

From January 18 to March 21, 2020, Gagosian Gallery in Rome is hosting a solo exhibition of Y.Z. Kami, born Kamran Youssefzadeh, an artist born in 1956 in Tehran, Iran, who lives and works in New York. After the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the British Museum in London and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., to name a few, it is therefore now the Gagosian’s turn to host his works, specifically his recent Night Paintings.

The exhibition, named after the very works created since 2017, is the artist’s first solo show in Italy and takes us on a journey to discover these enigmatic paintings composed of a single shade of indigo, known as the color of night, mixed with various shades of white. These paintings are the result of brushstrokes whose contrast between blue and white creates a foggy effect in the proposed image.

The son of a painter, Kami specializes in oil paintings, and his artistic production mixes the tradition of his country with cosmopolitan influences.

To learn more about the art of Y.Z. Kami you can also browse through the monograph Y. Z. Kami: Works 985-208, recently published by Skira and Gagosian, also available at the Gagosian Shop. This volume details more than three hundred works and includes essays by Laura Cumming, art critic; Elena Geuna, independent curator; and Robert Storr, critic and curator.

For all information you can visit the official Gagosian Gallery website.

Pictured: Y.Z. Kami, Night Painting II (for William Blake), 2017-18, oil on linen, 259.1 × 274.3 cm.

At the Gagosian Gallery in Rome the first Italian solo exhibition of Y.Z. Kami: nocturnal works on display
At the Gagosian Gallery in Rome the first Italian solo exhibition of Y.Z. Kami: nocturnal works on display


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