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Annesta Le - Inner Space: 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Past exhibition
10 January - 8 February 2020
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Annesta Le Caress Neon Krypton Light Art Yi Gallery Solo Exhibition Bushwick Brooklyn 2020
Image: Caress(detail), Glass, Krypton, Wire, 2019. © Annesta Le Studio

Yi Gallery is delighted to present Inner Space, an exhibition of recent neon sculptures and drawings by Brooklyn-based artist Annesta Le. A full-color catalog will accompany the exhibition with a text by David Ebony. This will be the first artist exhibition presented in the gallery’s new space located inside the 56 Bogart Street art building in Bushwick, Brooklyn.  

 

The exhibition includes two of Le’s previously unexhibited floating neon structures, alongside three marker drawings, and a group of neon on wood panels. The neon on wood panels were made thanks to the Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, which Le was awarded in 2017. She conceived the works early on but was not able to realize them until 2019. During this time, Le went through a significant physical transformation, which profoundly changed the way she views her body, herself, and womanhood. In 2019, Le returned to the studio and established a drawing routine, which created a pictorial practice that intersects with her more known and vibrant neon work. Whether sculpting, painting, or drawing, she uses her hands and approaches each piece in an open-ended, improvisational way until arriving at the final composition - a work reflecting her own internal image. Underlying themes in her work are psychological and explore the Jungian ideas of the self, shadow, and individuation. These ideas helped her find power and self through her art. 

 

Inspired by how light can affect an atmosphere and create a mood, Le utilizes neon in a non-pictorial way. Le handmakes all her neon-related works at a glass studio in Brooklyn and completes the compositions later in her studio. Krypton is rarely used in the retail application of neon, but Le uses the noble gas for its subtle and gentle aesthetic qualities. Glass, a hard yet fragile material, links to the psychological feeling of being exposed and vulnerable. Le forms tight and fluid angles while heating the glass tubes over the flame of a ribbon burner, and it becomes an extension of her limbs and thoughts. Le approaches each piece organically, and the result is a reflection of her inner space captured in physical form. Le’s art is dynamic in its creation - an open, experimental, unpredictable method, balancing the intentional and unintentional. 

 

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  • Learn more about the artist
  • Catalog Essay by David Ebony
Download Press Release
Installation Views
  • Annesta Le Inner Space Wall Text Yi Gallery 2020
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Works
  • Annesta Le Caress, 2019 Neon (Glass, Krypton, Wire) 8 x 66 x 4 1/4 in 20.3 x 167.6 x 10.8 cm
    Annesta Le
    Caress, 2019
    Neon (Glass, Krypton, Wire)
    8 x 66 x 4 1/4 in
    20.3 x 167.6 x 10.8 cm
  • Annesta Le Revealed No. 1, 2020 Neon (coated glass, argon, wire) 49 x 5 x 4 in 124.5 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm
    Annesta Le
    Revealed No. 1, 2020
    Neon (coated glass, argon, wire)
    49 x 5 x 4 in
    124.5 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm
  • Annesta Le Revealed No. 2, 2020 Neon (coated glass, argon, wire) 48 x 7 1/2 x 4 in 121.9 x 19.1 x 10.2 cm
    Annesta Le
    Revealed No. 2, 2020
    Neon (coated glass, argon, wire)
    48 x 7 1/2 x 4 in
    121.9 x 19.1 x 10.2 cm
  • Annesta Le Exposed Form. No.3, 2019 Neon (krypton, glass, wire) on wood panel 24 x 24 x 5 in 61 x 61 x 12.7 cm
    Annesta Le
    Exposed Form. No.3, 2019
    Neon (krypton, glass, wire) on wood panel
    24 x 24 x 5 in
    61 x 61 x 12.7 cm
  • Annesta Le Exposed Form No.1, 2019 Neon (krypton, glass, wire) on wood panel 24 x 24 x 5 in 61 x 61 x 12.7 cm
    Annesta Le
    Exposed Form No.1, 2019
    Neon (krypton, glass, wire) on wood panel
    24 x 24 x 5 in
    61 x 61 x 12.7 cm
  • Annesta Le Exposed Form No.5, 2019 Neon (krypton, glass, wire) on wood panel 24 x 24 x 8 1/2 in 61 x 61 x 21.6 cm
    Annesta Le
    Exposed Form No.5, 2019
    Neon (krypton, glass, wire) on wood panel
    24 x 24 x 8 1/2 in
    61 x 61 x 21.6 cm
  • Annesta Le Exposed Form No.4, 2019 Neon (krypton, glass, wire) on wood panel 24 x 24 x 5 in 61 x 61 x 12.7 cm
    Annesta Le
    Exposed Form No.4, 2019
    Neon (krypton, glass, wire) on wood panel
    24 x 24 x 5 in
    61 x 61 x 12.7 cm
  • Annesta Le Exposed Form No.2, 2019 Neon (krypton, glass, wire) on wood panel 24 x 24 x 5 in 61 x 61 x 12.7 cm
    Annesta Le
    Exposed Form No.2, 2019
    Neon (krypton, glass, wire) on wood panel
    24 x 24 x 5 in
    61 x 61 x 12.7 cm
  • Annesta Le Body II, 2019 Marker on paper 12 x 9 in 30.5 x 22.9 cm
    Annesta Le
    Body II, 2019
    Marker on paper
    12 x 9 in
    30.5 x 22.9 cm
    Sold
  • Annesta Le Body I, 2019 Marker on paper 12 x 9 in 30.5 x 22.9 cm
    Annesta Le
    Body I, 2019
    Marker on paper
    12 x 9 in
    30.5 x 22.9 cm
    $ 680.00
  • Annesta Le Body III, 2019 Marker on paper 12 x 9 in 30.5 x 22.9 cm
    Annesta Le
    Body III, 2019
    Marker on paper
    12 x 9 in
    30.5 x 22.9 cm
    $ 680.00
Press
  • Annesta Le at Yi Gallery

    Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel, January 16, 2020
Events
  • Opening Reception

    Opening Reception

    Annesta Le - Inner Space Jan 10, 2020
  • Exhibition Closing Reception + Catalog Signing

    Exhibition Closing Reception + Catalog Signing

    Annesta Le: Inner Space Feb 7, 2020
Publications
  • Annesta Le - Inner Space

    Annesta Le - Inner Space

    Exhibition Catalog Yi Gallery, 2020 Read more
News
  • Brooklyn Project Room Launch

    Brooklyn Project Room Launch

    56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 Read more

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