Beauty Behind The Madness
Solo Exhibition by Yuki Tham
15 - 28 July 2017
G13 gallery proudly presents `Beauty Behind The Madness’, a solo exhibition that showcases recent artworks from an emerging female figurative painter, Tham Yoke In or more commonly known as Yuki Tham. Beauty Behind The Madness denotes the artist’s first solo after her four years stint in the local art scene.
G13 gallery will be showcasing twelve oil paintings done in various sizes by Yuki Tham. ‘Beauty behind The Madness’ captures emotional mapping of the artist. The artworks portray figurative subjects to represent multiple states of the artist’s feeling based on her memorable pasts which carries both melancholy and longing mood. To some, the idea of unveiling one’s matter of the heart can be surreal at time. Stay tuned as the artist bare it all out for her solo exhibition.
See you again
Yuki Tham
180x130cm
Oil on Canvas
2017
Artist Statement
‘See You Again’, two figures are captured stealing a glance at one another from two opposite vertical sides; the higher subject signifies The Present while the bottom is The Past. Meanwhile, the light that is reflected from the top right-hand beam consequently shining diagonally towards the ground mirrors the understanding and comprehension of The Past that could have been achieved and unlocked much sooner in life.
Refuge
Yuki Tham
100x183cm
Oil on Canvas
2017
Artist Statement
‘Refuge’ Yuki’s emotional state in a particular stage of her life. To Yuki, the wall/pillar metaphorically represents a safe haven or a protective shelter that safeguards her insecurities and vulnerabilities. Being a non-confrontational person by nature, Yuki finds pleasure in avoiding conflicts rather than facing the violence and hurtful emotional attacks that could bring her down spiritually. This method of hers involved more steering away and eluding obstacles by seeking refuge in the form of the person whom she trusts.
Self Delusion
Yuki Tham
110x160cm
Oil on Canvas
2017
Artist Statement
‘Self-Delusion’ the painting serves as an entry point for her audience in experiencing Yuki’s creative side. In not conforming to the hustle and bustle of living in a big city, Yuki takes pleasure in living in her own world instead; lost in her wild imaginations. The piece portrays a female subject stretching both her arms wide open while overlooking a landscape in the foreground. The scenery was painted visually vague and hazy and could either operate to distinguish the distance between the past and the present or that of an imagination and a reality.
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