Our pals at GR Gallery in NYC have just a few bulletins: huge bulletins that we’re excited to share with you in the present day. First, Arcadia, a twin present that includes Glendon Cordell and Takuya Yoshida, is in its final week and would be the final present at GR’s present Bowery area in Manhattan, their dwelling for 10 years. However don’t have any concern, the gallery is organising store this fall in Tribeca, within the coronary heart of town’s artwork scene. The gallery shall be closed for the summer time to accommodate the transfer and renovations, with a grand reopening deliberate for September. We’ll share particulars of their new digs later this 12 months.
As for Arcadia, the present presents a complete of 16 work on canvas that replicate -with their brilliant tones and uncluttered compositions- on the intertwined relationship between the artist position of their precise zone and the idealization of such place of their work.
Arcadia invitations the viewers into an idyllic realm, carried by the mild breeze of spring. The landscapes of Cordell and Yoshida evoke each nostalgia and the quiet great thing about on a regular basis life. Drawing inspiration from the environment of their studios—nestled removed from the bustle of metropolis life, in Tasmania and Hokkaido, respectively—the artists create utopian landscapes infused with the rhythms of day by day existence, expressed via their vibrant brushstrokes.
Cordell’s work captures evocative scenes of rural landscapes, depicting tranquil meadows and rustic settings with a visible language influenced by Australian Indigenous portray traditions and stylized with summary hints. Yoshida gives a recent reinterpretation of pastoral themes. His primitive types and progressive strategies problem standard perceptions of the countryside, introducing a distinctly trendy sensibility.
