Barrenjoey, 2016, Joshua Yeldham
Acrylic on carved board, 152cm x 204cm
Provenance: Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne.
Joshua Yeldham works across the mediums of painting, kinetic and musical sculpture, carving and photography, often melding them together to form his distinct visual language. He has a deep affinity with the natural world and love of nature, which he captures with stories of myth and imagination. Yeldham weaves together threads of the cultural ideologies, philosophies and religions in both the East and West. Yeldham has been a finalist in numerous prestigious awards including the Wynne Prize (2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009), Archibald Prize (2013), Sulman Prize (2006, 1998) and Mosman Art Prize (2005, 2003) and in 2015 he participated in the London Art Fair, ART15 (1).
Artist Statement
The Rishi is regarded as a sage, one who sees with an expansion of vision. The wider spectrum of human life. I believe that we have higher conversations with ourselves in nature, directing us to our own wilderness and the ability to embrace change and mobilise us towards higher ground.
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