Born in Norwich, England, Flora Yukhnovich didn’t have a lot publicity to wonderful artwork as a toddler. The 35-year-old artist tells Vogue, nevertheless, that she was “completely obsessive about making.”
“Each time I’ve linked with a brand new artist or the Outdated Masters, it’s actually been from a portray perspective, as a result of I’m attempting to work one thing out or attempting to see how another person has achieved it,” says Yukhnovich, who honed her ardour for French Rococo, Italian Baroque, and Summary Expressionist artwork as an artwork scholar. “The fabric comes first for me.”
Materials challenges are additionally what gas Yukhnovich, whose studio has been based mostly in Lengthy Island Metropolis since August 2024, to push her œuvre to new heights: “It’s not fascinating till it feels high-stakes, prefer it won’t work out.” After her 2024 exhibition “Flora Yukhnovich and François Boucher: The Language of the Rococo” on the Wallace Assortment in London, wherein she responded to 2 pastoral scenes by the 18th-century painter, Yukhnovich conceived 4 breathtaking murals impressed by Boucher for New York’s Frick Assortment. Not solely is “Flora Yukhnovich’s 4 Seasons,” which opened in September and stays on view till March, the artist’s first US solo undertaking, but it surely additionally marks a technical breakthrough. For the primary time, Yukhnovich made work on cloth that was utilized on to the wall, leading to works that totally immerse viewers in her luminous, fantastical, jewel-toned flurries.
