Yücel’s HORSES

NOVEMBER 20th, SATURDAY at 6PM

Hoosick Falls, NY – 3rd Eye Gallery is pleased to announce Horses by Yücel Erdogan, a series of paintings celebrating the equine spirit. Yücel’s Horses conjure the ethos of perseverance, rendering the distinctive and timeless equine silhouette in motion. Articulated by a language of splashes, swirls, and flung lines of paint on expansive fields, the speed and joy of Yücel’s process is evidenced in his materials. This raw energy drives the imagery home: the power and vitality of horses that has captured the human imagination for centuries, yet the way Yücel has captured them in this series is somehow deeply resonant today.

After nearly two long, confining years in the midst of a global pandemic, Yücel’s images elicit a feeling of reflective solitude, and also of endurance. Each painting becomes a window into a world of activity, galloping from canvas to canvas. The uniform direction of the horses––each facing left––creates a subtle determination that feels surprising and even hopeful – evoking progress.

In an age of pessimism, with spectres of disaster looming large, Erdogan’s paintings remain resolutely buoyant, reminding us of our inherent grace and the strength we still have to move forward.