
Gleaner
2024
This large scale oil painting presents a figure rendered in luminous greens and warm golds, composed with gestural brushwork that emphasizes surface and materiality. The figure, wrapped in draped fabric, is depicted from the torso upward against a pale landscape background where small figures can be discerned in the distance. The artist employs a restricted palette of jade, ochre, and terracotta tones, building form through layered application and expressive mark making. The work engages with portraiture and figuration through a contemporary lens, drawing on traditions of expressionist painting while maintaining a distinctly modern sensibility. Yin's practice reflects a sustained interest in the human form as a vehicle for exploring color, gesture, and the materiality of paint itself.
- Medium
- Oil on linen
- Overall
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Tina Kim Gallery
Notes
Tina Kim Gallery, Frieze New York 2026, Booth A9, The Shed, May 13–17, 2026. Inquiries: info@tinakimgallery.com.
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