Yehouda Chaki: THE RIVER FLOWS
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Gallery Jones 1-258 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 1A6
Chaki, "Passages," nd
oil on canvas, 30" x 38"
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 5⏤8pm.
Artist in attendance.
Gallery Jones is pleased to present The River Flows, a solo exhibition of recent work by the celebrated Canadian painter Yehouda Chaki in his 80th year. The sweeping landscapes of the exhibition reveal Chaki's masterful use of colour, and his ability to capture the natural world without quelling its potential.
The River Flows presents curving and colourful landscapes of trees, hills, valleys, and water⏤harmonious as a whole yet wild in their detailing. A warm palette of oil paint outlines the contours of the earth, becoming playfully abstract at the painting's edges (as they would in the viewer's focus). The force and application of each brushstroke betrays emotion; in the same painting we detect calm dabs of colour and passionate sweeping gestures. Brightly embellished with sensory information, the works speak of a subjective experience of the natural world that connects to the deepest self.
Chaki's work can be found in over fifty public collections and institutions internationally, including Canadian embassies and consulates, the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, the Royal Bank of Canada Collection, Musée de Toulon, France, and Jerusalem City Hall, Israel, among others. Chaki was head of the Painting and Drawing programs at the Saidye Bronfman Centre from 1967-1989.