Dimensions: support: 1562 x 1841 mm frame: 1615 x 1895 x 75 mm
Copyright: © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2014 | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: "Yellow Sky" by Milton Avery presents such a striking, simplified landscape. I’m drawn to how he’s used color. Editor: The expanses of yellow evoke a very specific feeling. It's almost unsettling, an unnatural warmth that feels slightly dreamlike. Curator: Avery’s work, especially pieces like this one, often challenged the established art institutions by blurring the lines between pure landscape painting and the growing abstract movements of the time. He clearly favored material exploration. Editor: The application of paint seems almost deliberately unrefined. You can see the texture, the hand of the artist. Did the reception of his work shift as tastes changed? Curator: Absolutely. Avery gained more recognition later in his career as tastes evolved and abstraction became more accepted. But he always stayed true to his vision. Editor: It makes you wonder about the impact that the art world has on shaping perception. A fascinating piece. Curator: Indeed, a great example of how material exploration can influence cultural acceptance.
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Yellow Sky is a large abstract interpretation of a landscape that comprises deeply coloured, simplified shapes. The predominant colours are yellow, dark grey, blue-green and black. A band of deep yellow – the ‘yellow sky’ of the work’s title – forms the top of the composition and underneath it is a strip of black resembling a horizon. This is flanked by two large, grey, boulder-like shapes, between which runs a yellow vertical strip reminiscent of a pathway, lending depth to the image. A strip of pale blue-green meanders across the canvas under the grey rocky shapes, beginning at a ‘pool’ on the left and moving in a broadly diagonal direction, splitting the canvas horizontally into roughly two parts. The lower part of the canvas bears a further expanse of yellow which, defined by the winding, river-like line, takes the shape of a mountainous region or plain. The areas of paint vary in tone while the overall effect is of a composition that adheres to the flatness of the picture plane.
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