Andre Yi: The Randstad

The Randstad

In his second solo show with the gallery, Andre Yi presents new paintings influenced by his recent residency in Rotterdam. The Ranstad refers to a ring of the four biggest cities in the Netherlands; Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht. Yi found that the architectural landscape of these cities was reminiscent of the southern California landscape that has been the subject of his paintings during the past few years. The diffused light quality of Holland has insinuated its way into Yi’s paintings giving them a softer and more dreamlike setting that is contrasted with the precise architectural rendering of the buildings and greenhouses that form the subject matter of these beautiful paintings.