Robert Yasuda: Transparent & Translucent | Sundaram Tagore Gallery Singapore | Exhibition Information

We are pleased to present new sculptural paintings by Robert Yasuda (b. 1940, Hawaii) who is known for luminous multi-panel works on carved wood that transmit and transform light.

Yasuda first came to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s with experimental works that resisted traditional definitions of painting. Inspired by travels through India, Japan and Southeast Asia, he veered away from the Western notion of painting functioning like a window onto the world. Instead, he was drawn to Eastern approaches to picture-making and framing including Japanese scroll paintings and Chinese paintings resting on ornately carved stands. Having spent time shaping and sanding wood surfboards in his youth, he naturally gravitated toward working with wood and began experimenting with sheer fabric and acrylic paint on thick wooden boards.

The artist’s latest body of work is a culmination of his decades-long exploration of perception, light and space. On view will be a series of atmospheric paintings rooted in his early encounters with nature in Hawaii where he was born and raised.

Exhibition Details

• Robert Yasuda: Transparent & Translucent
• Date: 10 Jun - 19 Aug 2023
• Time: Tuesday–Friday 11 am – 6 pm; Saturday 11 am – 7 pm
• Venue: Sundaram Tagore Gallery Singapore
• Address: 5 Lock Road 01-05, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108933

Information Source: Sundaram Tagore Gallery official website