Jan 20, 2017 - Explore Marvin De Leon's board "Jonathan Yeo" on Pinterest. Yeo created an controversial portrait of George W Bush in 2007, entitled 'Bush', which gained worldwide attention. Associated media. [32], Please help by moving some material from it into the body of the article. In 2003 Yeo presented a diptych full-frontal nude of the then ICA chairman, Ivan Massow, the entrepreneur and patron of the arts at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Celebrated portraitist Jonathan Yeo has spent a long time staring into people's eyes. Renowned for his distinctive, highly figurative canvases and striking collages, he employs a range of media and techniques to create a diverse body of work that expands the traditional parameters of portraiture. Reference: Wikipedia, FaceBook, Youtube, Twitter, Spotify, Instagram, Tiktok, IMDb. I'm one step closer to convincing the rest of the country that I am the president. '[29], Some commentators have suggested that, by making portraits and other work which poke fun at the politicians and celebrities they depict, he risks alienating the very people whom he used to paint very successfully. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Renowned for his distinctive, highly figurative canvases and striking collages, he employs a range of media and techniques to create a diverse body of work that expands the traditional parameters of portraiture. Yeo integrates elements of abstraction into his practice of portraiture to create surprising images of familiar faces. Delevingne provides Yeo with the perfect subject to explore the transition from ... which Yeo sees as an integral part of modern life with the rise of social media. Online gallery featuring painting, collage, surgery and 3D Work archive, bibliography, biography, store, portfolio, news and contact information. Painters would quite often do portraits of other artists they admired. 1970) based around the theme of cosmetic surgery. Jonathan Yeo (b. London, 18 December 1970) is one of the world’s leading figurative artists. Jonathan Yeo: The Print Retrospective will include an issue of a hand-finished monograph, marking an important moment in the artist’s career and presenting his proficiency in different media. [3] A new monograph, titled 'In The Flesh', was published by the museum to accompany the show. In 2014 Yeo was on the panel of judges for the BP Portrait Prize [5]. Yeo's 2016 mid-career survey at the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle[3] followed a retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery, London, in 2013[4] and the Lowry in Manchester in 2014. The British actor and model Cara Delevingne is the subject of Jonathan Yeo’s newest series of works concerned with image making and performed identity. [13] A portrait of the former Danish Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, was also unveiled at the opening of this exhibition and will remain at the museum as part of its permanent collection. [11] A new series of paintings of the actor and model Cara Delevingne was unveiled at the museum as part of the exhibition. Between 2010 and 2012, Yeo created works based on cosmetic surgery procedures. Because of that, he's in quite a unique position to talk about body language and how we express ourselves, and the importance of face-to-face communication. [5], Yeo was the subject of a BBC Culture Show Special in September 2013. Jonathan Yeo (b. London, 18 December 1970) is one of the world’s leading figurative artists. The portrait painter is charm personified, a sprightly presence in his idyllic studio, but … Jonathan Yeo is a British Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1970. [16] In line with the political subjects that have featured throughout his work, in 2009, Yeo painted a full-length portrait of David Cameron just before his election to Prime Minister, which was sold at auction in 2010 for £200,000.[17][18]. In March 2016, Yeo's largest retrospective to date opened at the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark. Delevingne provides Yeo with the perfect subject to explore the transition from traditional to contemporary portrait making, which Yeo sees as an integral part of modern life with the rise of social media. The self-taught British artist Jonathan Yeo, 45, is known for his portraits of acclaimed figures such as Kevin Spacey and Dennis Hopper, Sienna … [8] Spacey unveiled the painting in character as the fictional President Underwood, joking "I'm pleased the Smithsonian continues to prove itself as a worthwhile institution. ... explaining that digital technology, social media… The British actor and model Cara Delevingne is the subject of Jonathan Yeo’s newest series of works concerned with image making and performed identity. Renowned for his distinctive, highly figurative canvases and striking collages, his ongoing innovations in theme and narrative and his engagement with society … Admittedly this one of Freud is rather different as Yeo has used this other dimension – people's private parts.'[31]. From Circle Culture , Jonathan Yeo, Leaves of Grunewald (2013), Collage on paper, 94 × 133 cm His paintings are included within the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark, and The Royal Collection. Jonathan Yeo is an artist perhaps best known for his celebrity subjects but this display will reveal the fascinating range of subjects who have sat for the artist, all from the life. [6] The monograph The Many Faces of Jonathan Yeo, featuring works from throughout his career, was published by London-based publisher Art / Books in the same month.[7]. At the launch of Yeo's National Portrait Gallery show, the Guardian described him as 'one of the UK's most highly regarded portrait artists'[7], and GQ named him 'one of the world's most in-demand portraitists'[8]. Browse upcoming auctions and create alerts for artworks you are interested in. [14] In 2005, his portrait of Erin O'Connor was used to advertise London's National Portrait Gallery around the world. [19] The new portraits included individuals who have made a significant mark on their field of expertise, including: the arts, theatre, and politics. In Cara I […] Content ranges from how we consume and discuss imagery, the modern day obsession of social media, actor’s in character, the pervasiveness of pornography, cosmetic surgery … View Jonathan Yeo’s 84 artworks on artnet. In his Guardian review of the Blair portrait, Jonathan Jones accuses Yeo and his subject of conspiring to manipulate the image of the former PM, claiming that, 'Blair is a tacit co-conspirator who walked in wearing the poppy, then sat as bleak as he looks here, in invitation to the artist to home in on that tell-tale paper flower. Malala Yousafzai revealed she was touched that Yeo asked to paint her and 'honoured' that her picture would hang in the National Portrait Gallery[9]. He was one of only three artists to have been commissioned by Hopper to paint his portrait, the other two being Andy Warhol and Julian Schnabel. He did not go to art school but taught himself to paint in his twenties while being treated for cancer. His work was featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the S|2 London and the Royal Academy of Arts.Jonathan Yeo's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $26 USD to $164,743 USD, depending on the size and medium of … What is more puzzling is what happens after that. His first portrait commission was in 1993 to paint Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, founder of the Anti-Apartheid movement. [12] Yeo said: "the way we manipulate and read self-portrait images, or 'selfies', in the last five years has far more in common with the activity of the 16th-century portrait artists and audiences than any art movement since the birth of photography". View Jonathan Yeo’s 84 artworks on artnet. That will change this weekend, when a series of portraits by famed painter Jonathan Yeo opens at Denmark’s Museum of National History. Jonathan Yeo is a British artist best known for his provocative portraits of politicians and figures from popular culture. 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There are the collages of the under- and over-sexed crafted from clips out of pornographic … Last update: 2020-18-10 09:31 After a commission to paint the US president was reportedly awarded and then withdrawn, Yeo created an image of the President anyway, making a collaged portrait from pornography. Artist Jonathan Yeo attends the "You're Only Young Twice" exhibit by Jonathan Yeo at the Lazarides Gallery on December 8, 2011 in London, England. Jonathan Yeo was born on December 18, 1970 (age 50) in London, England He is a celebrity artist He graduated from Westminster School The parents of Jonathan Yeo are Tim Yeo, Diane Helen Pickard His fiancee is Shebah Ronay . Artist. In the early 2000s, he became known for his contemporary realist portraits of well-known figures. Portraitist. 9 December 2011 – 21 January 2012 Lazarides Gallery, 11 Rathbone Place, London You’re Only Young Twiceis an exhibition of new oil paintings by portrait artist, Jonathan Yeo (UK, b. Jonathan Yeo taught himself to paint in his early twenties and carved out a career in the 90s painting pop stars, royalty and Russian mafia Jonathan Yeo has always been known to the art world, but his controversial portrait of Tony Blair with a blood-red poppy in 2007 gained him wide-spread recognition. Over the past two decades, British painter Jonathan Yeo has explored countless aspects of the human visage. It showed an older and wearier-looking Blair wearing a red poppy - a symbol of war remembrance for the British. Yeo was commissioned by the House of Commons as the official Election Artist for the 2001 UK general election, and he painted the leaders of the three largest parties. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and photographs for sale and learn about the artist. [20][21] He has co-curated the clubs worldwide, and designed the now notorious, pornographic leaf wallpaper that adorns several of its walls, including the Dean Street Townhouse in London and Soho House, Berlin. Following on from the success of 'Bush' (2007), this exhibition included portraits of Tiger Woods and Sarah Palin created from pornographic collage cutouts.[26][27][28]. In 2014, the exhibition was shown at The Lowry Gallery in Salford [3] and in 2015, it was on display at the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark in honour of Yeo having painted the first official portrait of the former Danish Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt. 33 talking about this. Artist. At the first of these exhibitions in 2008, Yeo presented 'Blue Period' at Lazarides Gallery, owned by Steve Lazarides, a specialist dealer in outsider and street art, known for launching Banksy' career. His ongoing innovations in theme and narrative and his engagement with society continue to challenge the genre of portraiture and reinvigorate it for the present era.”, Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, 2016. Jonathan Yeo was a judge for the 2010 Art Fund Prize for museums [4]. Yeo taught himself to paint in his twenties while recovering from Hodgkin's Disease. Yeo is art consultant at Soho House group. Others followed, both in the UK and internationally. British artist Jonathan Yeo uses his talent for photorealistic portraiture to explore the way that people subject themselves to plastic surgery in an effort to chase eternal youth and beauty. He has painted and worked with iconic and celebrated figures including actors Kevin Spacey, Dennis Hopper and model-turned-actor Cara Delevingne, artists Damien Hirst and Grayson Perry, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, peace activist Malala Yousafzai and has produced official commissions of … In January 2008, Yeo's official portrait of former Prime Minister Tony Blair was unveiled and struck a public chord with its clear Iraq war reference. 'Jonathan Yeo Portraits' at the National Portrait Gallery, London (2013-2014) included a selection of new and older works by Yeo. [24], It was reported that the George Bush collage was seized by Israeli customs on the way to the Banksy-curated 'Santa's Ghetto' exhibition in Bethlehem in December 2007. 01 He is married to the former actress and journalist Shebah Ronay. Instagram @jonathanyeo Media in category "Jonathan Yeo" This category contains only the following file. This collection of paintings was the subject of two solo exhibitions, 'You're Only Young Twice' at Lazarides in London [1] and ‘(I’ve Got You) Under My Skin' at Circle Culture Gallery in Berlin [2]. In the early 2000s, he became known for his contemporary realist portraits of well-known figures. 45 talking about this. The painting was used as the front cover of '500 Portraits', a survey of the BP Portrait prize published in 2011.[15]. Yeo is the son of British politician Tim Yeo. "[9] Netflix made a short film of the collaboration between the museum, actor, and artist to promote the fourth season of House of Cards, which premiered that same evening.[10]. 10-05-2016 - Udforsk opslagstavlen "Jonathan Yeo" tilhørende Tina Sommer Paaske på Pinterest. Jonathan Yeo, born in London, England in 1970, is best known for his mixed-media portraits of influential figures from politics and pop culture. British artist Jonathan Yeo is highly regarded for his oil portraits of celebrities, including Nicole Kidman, Cara Delevingne, and Dennis Hopper – even David Cameron and members of the Royal family.. Art Media Holdings wrapped up Frieze with a tour of Jonathan Yeo’s studios, where guests had the opportunity to experience the world of painting in virtual reality using Tilt Brush. '[30], Charles Saumarez-Smith, former Director of the National Gallery and Royal Academy, said of the porn-collage of Lucian Freud, 'Yeo is the young rising star of portraiture and Freud is the acknowledged master. 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