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LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE (B. 1977)
Black Allegiance to the Cunning
Details
LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE (B. 1977)
Black Allegiance to the Cunning
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 'LYB 2018 Black Allegiance to the Cunning' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
79 x 59 in. (200 x 150 cm.)
Painted in 2018.
Black Allegiance to the Cunning
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 'LYB 2018 Black Allegiance to the Cunning' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
79 x 59 in. (200 x 150 cm.)
Painted in 2018.
Provenance
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
P. Orlov, "Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Lovely, ‘Louder’ New Paintings," Afropunk, 16 January 2019.
I. Scobie, "Lynette Yiadom Boakye In Lieu Of A Louder Love," Artlyst, 16 January 2019.
T. Siemsen, "More than Words: Carnegie Prize Winner Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Explores Fiction in Painting," Frieze, 8 March 2019.
A. Hunter von Arx, "The Variant Hands Of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye And Wilmer Wilson IV," Medium, 5 March 2019 (illustrated).
R. Spence, "Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at Tate Britain: a vaccine for the soul," The Financial Times, 3 December 2020.
M. DePhilippis, "Fly in League with the Night: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye," The Courtauldian, 19 December 2020 (illustrated.)
A. Yussuf, "The Quiet Radicalism of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Tate Britain Show," Frieze, 27 January 2021 (illustrated).
J. Sofronjevic, "Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Characterised by Contrast," ArtMag, 19 May 2021.
K. Grovier, "Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's portraits that question history," BBC, 17 January 2023 (illustrated).
P. Richier, "Many Infinities: The Vital Canvases of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye," The Quietus, 4 March 2023.
C. Johanson, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye," Africanah, 11 December 2023 (illustrated).
I. Scobie, "Lynette Yiadom Boakye In Lieu Of A Louder Love," Artlyst, 16 January 2019.
T. Siemsen, "More than Words: Carnegie Prize Winner Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Explores Fiction in Painting," Frieze, 8 March 2019.
A. Hunter von Arx, "The Variant Hands Of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye And Wilmer Wilson IV," Medium, 5 March 2019 (illustrated).
R. Spence, "Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at Tate Britain: a vaccine for the soul," The Financial Times, 3 December 2020.
M. DePhilippis, "Fly in League with the Night: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye," The Courtauldian, 19 December 2020 (illustrated.)
A. Yussuf, "The Quiet Radicalism of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Tate Britain Show," Frieze, 27 January 2021 (illustrated).
J. Sofronjevic, "Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Characterised by Contrast," ArtMag, 19 May 2021.
K. Grovier, "Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's portraits that question history," BBC, 17 January 2023 (illustrated).
P. Richier, "Many Infinities: The Vital Canvases of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye," The Quietus, 4 March 2023.
C. Johanson, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye," Africanah, 11 December 2023 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Jack Shainman Gallery, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: In Lieu Of A Louder Love, January-February 2019.
London, Tate Britain; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Dusseldorf, K20 and Luxembourg, MUDAM, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly in League with the Night, November 2020-February 2023, p. 129 (illustrated).
London, Tate Britain; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Dusseldorf, K20 and Luxembourg, MUDAM, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly in League with the Night, November 2020-February 2023, p. 129 (illustrated).
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Isabella Lauria
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