Created and Sold by Yechel Gagnon
Project - Wall Hangings
Featured In CYNTHIA-REEVES, North Adams, MA
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Wall drawing at the CYNTHIA-REEVES Gallery located on the
MASS MoCA Campus, North Adams, Massachusetts
Carved custom-made plywood of tinted and exotic veneers, graphite and charcoal on wall
132” x 744”
In 2017 CYNTHIA-REEVES presented an exhibition by Canadian artist, Yechel Gagnon. As part of the gallery’s new project initiative, the artist was invited to work on-site to create a final iteration of works in progress. This was the first exhibition of the gallery’s new program, which emphasized both art-making and exhibition. Gagnon was available to visitors to discuss the works in process, and to demonstrate the handwork and thought process behind her final installations.
Yechel Gagnon’s close engagement with the textural and tactile qualities of her media serves as the foundation for her inquiry. Working in various disciplines creates a forum for cross-pollination: she employs tools and techniques devised for unfolding, layering and excavating imagery, incorporating the multiple textures to great effect. Often, the resulting works have a beautiful, unforced reference to the natural world, while communicating an innate tension and dynamism.
Her most recent works take her process to the next level: Gagnon uses the plywood bas-relief as a beginning point for free-form drawing directly onto the walls, elaborating the lines suggested in the sculptural work and extending them beyond the confines of the material. All at once, the wall-based objects become a nodal point of tremendous activity in the midst of fluid, gestural drawing.
MASS MoCA Campus, North Adams, Massachusetts
Carved custom-made plywood of tinted and exotic veneers, graphite and charcoal on wall
132” x 744”
In 2017 CYNTHIA-REEVES presented an exhibition by Canadian artist, Yechel Gagnon. As part of the gallery’s new project initiative, the artist was invited to work on-site to create a final iteration of works in progress. This was the first exhibition of the gallery’s new program, which emphasized both art-making and exhibition. Gagnon was available to visitors to discuss the works in process, and to demonstrate the handwork and thought process behind her final installations.
Yechel Gagnon’s close engagement with the textural and tactile qualities of her media serves as the foundation for her inquiry. Working in various disciplines creates a forum for cross-pollination: she employs tools and techniques devised for unfolding, layering and excavating imagery, incorporating the multiple textures to great effect. Often, the resulting works have a beautiful, unforced reference to the natural world, while communicating an innate tension and dynamism.
Her most recent works take her process to the next level: Gagnon uses the plywood bas-relief as a beginning point for free-form drawing directly onto the walls, elaborating the lines suggested in the sculptural work and extending them beyond the confines of the material. All at once, the wall-based objects become a nodal point of tremendous activity in the midst of fluid, gestural drawing.
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