Yann Leto (1979) - Sin título

A true jewel from my private collection by the famous artist Yann Lito.
Yann LETO (France, b. 1979) – Large-format diptych (164 x 160 cm), Oil on canvas (2011)
Untitled (Carnivalesque Scene / Social Critique)
Year: 2011 (Dated in the margin)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Overall measurements: 164 x 160 cm approx. (Diptych format / Two pieces)
Features a technical workshop and inventory inscription handwritten in the lower right margin: "Leto 11" (Artist's original cataloging code: 2701.11)
Magnificent and decisive large-format oil by the renowned contemporary artist Yann Leto. The piece is a perfect exponent of his highly personal universe linked to figurative expressionism and social satire. Through a bustling coral composition overflowing with theatricality, chaos, and black humor, the artist resorts to the use of masks and iconography of popular culture (including the handwritten inscription "Elisa Coli" on one of the characters) to pose a stark critique of mass society. A work with extraordinary visual impact, ideal for collectors of international contemporary art.
Condition: to be restored / No stretchers.
Details: The work was originally presented divided into two loose canvas pieces (diptych). It is currently unmounted from its wooden frame, so the canvases show surface wrinkles typical of storage and fixing marks along the white margins.
The painting requires a simple process of stretching and tensing over two wooden stretchers to be displayed in full splendor.

Yann Leto [Bordeaux, 1979], French artist based in Spain. He has worked with prominent galleries, exhibiting in numerous Contemporary Art fairs. His work is present in collections such as the San Francisco MOMA, the Benetton Foundation, or the CAC of Malaga. His main medium is painting, but he also works with installation. His painting is dense, highly detailed, and has a clear critical undertone, functioning like a collage where several typographic elements coexist with classical and modern elements. He is currently preparing his first solo exhibition in the USA, and working on a large-scale work, precisely the largest painting yet planned for Spain for 2015 titled Mother of all battles.