...a deathly serenade...

The Artist known as Yashu is a polarizing figure, and was
throughout his life. He oscillated between sheer madness
and extreme distillations of beauty in paint. His Early
work (p.9) was very much in the vein of Bonnard, and it
was said that Bonnard was a strong influence for him in
early interviews.
Though he soon started to penetrate the painting
world with ideas more related to expressonism and more
towards painters such as Matisse and Picasso. He had a
clear disdain, initially, for work that could be placed in the
field of over academic—he sought out influences as
disparate as literature and cabaret. The distinct notion of
his suicide perhaps means that his art is now saturated in
death...
'After Bonnard'
oil pastels on paper
21 x 29.7 cm
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