{"id":44473,"date":"2020-01-06T16:14:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T21:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=44473"},"modified":"2020-01-20T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T20:34:58","slug":"%ef%bb%bfrafael-yaluff-prayers-at-corkin-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=44473","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffRafael Yaluff: Prayers at Corkin Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Presented at the Corkin Gallery in Toronto\u2019s Distillery District, Rafael Yaluff\u2019s Prayers<\/em> explores the artist\u2019s psychological and physical journey through the contours of his Chilean homeland and as he began to traverse the international art scene. The exhibition documents his travels on large paintings produced from 2012 to 2019 and examines his mindset as he confronts the socio-political \u201ccrisis of his country in the midst of globalization.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Gardener<\/em>, 2019, oil and acrylic on canvas, 67 x 67 in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon entering the Corkin Gallery one is immediately overcome by the massive and imposing landscape scenes depicting the natural growth of untamed Chilean forests. Yaluff\u2019s subject matter, the isolated geographic regions of Chile, communicates a strong will and desire to preserve the spiritual symbiotic relationship between himself and the \u201craw natural landscape\u201d of his homeland. Derived from his expeditions into remote Chilean regions, his early paintings identify an artist who spent years immersed in his subject matter far from the sprawling bustle of urban population centers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Millenarian Larch<\/em>, 2012, oil on linen, 165 x 220 in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Storm<\/em>, 2014, oil on linen, 94 x 149 in
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Conversely, Yaluff\u2019s later work demonstrates a desire to explore the international urban landscape. In his most recent paintings, exhibited at the Corkin Gallery, he explores modern paradigms of consumption, excesses and distorted realities, far removed from but not unrelated to the isolated forested spaces which initially captured his creativity. The threat of overgrowing populations and globalization to the environment and the resulting socio-cultural waste will likely continue to present itself as a recurring theme in Yaluff\u2019s work in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exorcism pharmacy<\/em>, 2019, oil and acrylic on canvas, 82 x 69 in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yaluff\u2019s experiences abroad residing in vibrant international cities (at times described as \u2018decadent\u2019) in Canada and Portugal indeed reflect on what has been described as the \u201cculture of consumption\u201d one which the artist adapts in order to depict a \u201cmystical representation of the Latin American city of Santiago.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laundry<\/em>, 2019, oil and acrylic on canvas, 61 x 128 1\/2 in
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Yaluff\u2019s paintings continue to project an intimate exploration of his domestic and international experiences influenced by his study of phenomenology as well as German expressionism, Pop art and comics, capturing objects and emotionally compelling spaces and places that have shaped his identity and consciousness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keren Sedmina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Images are courtesy of Corkin Gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Exhibition information:\u00a0<\/em>November 27, 2019 \u2013 February 2, 2020. Corkin Gallery, 7 Tank House Lane at Distillery District, Toronto. Gallery hours: Tue \u2013 Sat 10 am \u2013 6 pm, Sun 12 \u2013 5 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Keren Sedmina<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his paintings Yaluff captures the objects and emotionally compels the spaces and places that have shaped his identity and consciousness. <\/p>\n

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