youth

Yu Nishimura

youth, 202480.3 x 65.2cmSign in to view price
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oil on canvasSadie Coles HQ
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This contemporary artwork features a vibrant yellow and orange background with a portrait-style image of a person's face. The subject appears to be a man with glasses, rendered in a stylized, abstract manner using broad brushstrokes and a limited color palette. The composition emphasizes the subject's facial features, particularly the eyes and mouth, creating an intriguing psychological effect. The artist's distinctive technique of blending impressionistic and pop art influences suggests an intention to capture the subject's personality and inner qualities through a visually striking and unconventional portrayal. ...

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Artist
Yu Nishimura
B.1982, Japanese

Yu Nishimura lives and works in Kanagawa Prefecture, where he draws from the visual fabric of everyday life in Japan—ranging from street photography and anime to the shifting landscapes and built environments that surround him. His multilayered paintings fuse dreamlike portraits with urban scenes, rendered in evocative palettes and minimal, graphic compositions. While grounded in contemporary visual culture, his works also carry a subtle sense of melancholy, evoking the passage of time and fading memory. Nishimura's paintings occupy a space between the present and the remembered, capturing fleeting moments with both clarity and introspection. ...

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youth, 2024
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Sadie Coles HQ
Gallery
Sadie Coles HQ
London, London, London

Sadie Coles HQ is a London-based contemporary art gallery representing around fifty international artists. The gallery opened in 1997, with an inaugural exhibition of new paintings by American painter John Currin presented in parallel with an offsite show by British artist Sarah Lucas, The Law, at St John Street. This pairing established the international breadth of the gallery's programme, which has since expanded over the past two decades. Since its inception, Sadie Coles HQ has operated from a variety of spaces; most recently mounting offsite shows in Los Angeles and Mayfair in 2020 with a significant new video installation by Martine Syms. In September 2013, Sadie Coles HQ opened its largest space at 62 Kingly Street in Soho, as well as a second space at 1 Davies Street in Mayfair designed by 6a Architects in 2015, and a third space at 8 Bury Street in St James’s in April 2021. ...

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