2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel

Limoncello0/7/2LimoncelloRebeccaMay MarstonRosa Tyhurst340-344 Kingsland RoadGB-London E8 4DAT +44 20 7923 7033M +44 7835 112 114limoncello@limoncellogallery.co.ukwww.limoncellogallery.co.ukSolo Show at LISTE:Yonatan Vinitsky, 1980, ILOther Artists of the Gallery:Cornelia Baltes, DEVanessa Billy, CH/FRAlice Browne, UKLucy Clout, UKTomas Downes, UKSean Edwards, UKMatt Golden, UKKate Owens, UKMatthew Smith, UKJack Strange, UKSanto Tolone, ITJesse Wine, UK(top left)Yonatan VinitskyThe Introduction(Yoo-Hoo), 2011Black elastic (6mm),Steel nailsDimensions variable(top right)Yonatan VinitskyLumpy Bumpy,2005/2011Mirror polishedbronze7 × 20 cm, d 12 cmYonatan VinitskyAt once I opened myeyes to the world,2013Assorted digitalprints on officemagnetic board,Magnets, Googlyeyes60 × 80 cm120 / 121Yonatan Vinitsky is a prolific maker,a practitioner grounded in development oftechniques, specificity of materials andfinding solutions for display. He is a magpiefor obscure sources in art and the worldat large, which he translates into his workswith uncool, yet convincing sincerity.He is enamoured by aesthetics, but wouldnever be tied to a set because hisexplorations render his work seemingly bymany different artists. His ultimate goalis exhibition-making, taking his disparateworks and constructing layers ofconnections.4 Forbidden + 3 Permitted Questions:Who? From What? When? What For?What Is It? How? Why?Vinitsky’s LISTE presentation comprisesof seven large-scale, elastic works. On baseplanes of coloured paint applied direct onthe wall, he uses lengths of elastic stretchedround nails to delineate shapes.His technique happily occupies traditionalmedias of sculpture, painting and drawing;but he subtly uses and combines materialsto pull them into indefinite territories.His references range widely from housedecorating swatches to children’s dot-to-dotgames, and from DIY to two artistic pinnaclesof material innovation Dieter Roth andFred Sandback.Vinitsky’s series has its origins in a 1955Hebrew children’s book, in which the writerposed four forbidden and three permittedquestions on the nature of the universe.Vinitsky splices existing imagery fromsources such as text-books and cartoons,and reconfigures the parts into spatialarrangements on his painted surfaces.Looking at his practice there are keychapters: techniques and sources are two,for example, which are explored andactualized in these works. Another is basedin how he embeds his decision-makingprocess within works: so crucial to him inorder that it be dynamically transferred intoa range of enabling questions for the viewerto approach the work: What is it? How isit made? Why is it like this? Did you want tobe an astronomer when you were a boy?