Kennedy Yanko

American · b. 1988 · Painter, Sculptor

Kennedy Yanko is an American sculptor, painter, and installation artist known for working with "paint skins" and found metal. Yanko sources discarded objects and other material… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Kennedy Yanko, Don’t take my truth for ignorance, 2023, paint skin and metalDon’t take my truth for ignorancePhillips · $58,050≈ £43,260≈ €49,451Sign up to see
  2. Kennedy Yanko, SK1, 2020, paint skin and metalSK1Phillips · $50,800≈ £37,964≈ €45,381Sign up to see
  3. Kennedy Yanko, SK3, 2020, paint skin and metalSK3Phillips · $49,020≈ £36,528≈ €42,262Sign up to see

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Kennedy Yanko is an American sculptor, painter, and installation artist known for working with "paint skins" and found metal. Yanko sources discarded objects and other material from salvage yards and manipulates or modifies their form, shape, or structure into her vision. Her abstract work draws upon surrealism, abstract expressionism, and physical austerities, as well as her background in performance art.

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Born 1988, St. LouisOccupation Painter, SculptorWikidata Q107324121 ↗

In the collections of

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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