Danya Yu The artist

Room 115 Telok Kurau Studios, Lor J Telok Kurau Road S425985

Color of Comple-x-city is Danya Yu's Debut solo exhibition that is both retrospective and prospective. Besides presenting a new collection of her signature style on rain and lights. she also showcases some rare paintings concerning dynamic relationships among spaces, objects and people.

Wash & Rush #11

Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD5000

sold

The Secret Garden

Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD4800

sold

Wash & Rush #12

Wash & Rush #12

Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD5000

sold

Deep into Life #15

Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD5000

sold

Abundance

Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD5000

sold

Deep into Life #15

Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD5000

available

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Deep into Life #15

Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD5000

available

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Deep into Life #09

Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2016

SGD4800

available

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Deep into Life #10

Oil on Canvas

125 x 125 cm (with frame)

2016

SGD6000

sold

Lingering #01

Oil on Canvas

35 x 55 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD1500

sold

Phase #02

Oil on Canvas

45 x 60 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD2500

sold

The maze Runner #01

Oil on Canvas

95 x 95 cm (with frame)

2016

SGD4500

available

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Dance of lights #01

Oil on Canvas

65 x 86 cm (with frame)

2016

SGD3500

available

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Conversations

Oil on Canvas

120 x 50 cm (with frame)

2016

SGD3500

sold

Complex-city

Oil on Canvas

95 x 125 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD6000

sold

The First Rush #11

Oil on Canvas

50 x 65 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD3000

sold

Oil on Canvas

50 x 65 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD3000

sold

The Passage #03

Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD5000

sold

Encounter with twilight #06

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Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD5000

available

Oil on Canvas

85 x 105 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD5000

available

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Passing Phase #01

Oil on Canvas

35 x 50 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD1500

sold

The last rush #00

Oil on Canvas

35 x 50 cm (with frame)

2017

SGD1500

sold

The First Rush #12

Somber Dawn

Note to the exhibition:

Growing up as a "third culture kid", "transition" and transcendence" are always emphasized in the artist's paintings. Be it a moment of travel. lit-up sky-crappers, disappearing watermark on the curbs, or temporarily occupied cafe seats. Even in the paintings of quiet settings, lights and shadows are evidently dramatized, evoking an unsettled sense of foreboding or mystery.

In this series which the artist explored extensively on rain and city lights, the concrete structures of buildings are masked by warm glows, running reflections and the glares from car lights. The portrayed space is thus fantasized, morphing into something almost intangible; a parallel to her loss of rrot culture, and in turn, reaching for solace and re-identification in a temporary residence.

"Back Alley" is a body of work that the artist have been expanding since 2014. The phase, "back alley" was originated from " slums". The narrow lanes of Singapore are far from its original meaning. It is where tropical vines crawled up on the aged back doors, housewives and maids gather to chit-chat, restaurant staffs and office workers have a smoke break, the elderly play chess and cats game hid and seek. In a metropolis, front streets are like infinite masquerades charming the world with its artificial glamour, speed and complexity. Back allies, on the other hand, are true essence of the city. At those forgotten corners, one is able to rest their body and soul. Back allies in my paintings are magical and surreal, taking viewers to the back of each unique door, where dreams and desires thrive.