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Lynette Yiadom Boakye at Tate Britain

11/01/2021

Photo by Caroline Banks

Another temporary casualty of lock-down, Fly in League with the Night is the evocative title of Lynette Yiadom Boakye’s solo show at Tate Britain and is a glorious feast of painting.

Photo by Caroline Banks

A friend introduced me to her work several years ago but this is the first time I’d seen so many of her paintings in one place.

Photo by Caroline Banks

She is another artist who makes me want to learn more about oil painting.

I love the energy of her brush strokes and the colouration too, often referencing the work of old masters.

Photo by Caroline Banks

That’s even without mentioning her subject matter: people living their own stories in their own worlds, irrespective of whether we are looking at them or not.

Photo by Caroline Banks

They exist apart from us and we are privileged to have a glimpse.

Photo by Caroline Banks
Photo by Caroline Banks

Where is he going? where has he been?

Photo by Caroline Banks

What is their relationship? Are they twins or fellow performers? Look at the opposing symmetry of their legs

Photo by Caroline Banks
Photo by Caroline Banks
Photo by Caroline Banks

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