in Frieze London | 23 JUL 24

‘Smoke’: Yeni Mao and Yuri Yuan

At Frieze London 2024, Make Room presents a dual exhibition that muses on loss and loneliness across painting and sculpture

in Frieze London | 23 JUL 24

Make Room is participating Smoke at Frieze London 2024 with a presentation of new works by artists Yeni Mao and Yuri Yuan. Through their distinct practices, both artists bring their unique perspectives to the exhibition, creating a dialogue between sculpture and painting that resonates with themes of solitude and grief, with a subtext of destruction.

Yeni Mao, hull and echo, 2024. Red oxide impregnated zacatecas stoneware with copper and oxide patina, blackened steel, 68 x 29 x 20 cm — Yeni Mao, *hull and echo*, 2024. Red oxide impregnated zacatecas stoneware with copper and oxide patina, blackened steel, 68 × 29 × 20 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Make Room

About Yeni Mao

Yeni Mao (b. 1971, Canada) is a sculptor based in Mexico City. He received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Mao’s sculptures possess a captivating narrative undertone, often drawing from the Canadian-Chinese artist’s transnational background.

About Yuri Yuan

Yuri Yuan (b. 1996, Harbin, China) takes a surrealistic approach in her paintings to delve into profound realms of longing and loss. Through visual symbolism, metaphors and elements of magical realism, she creates exterior landscapes that mirror the interior psychological states of herself and her audience.

Yuri Yuan, Michael Wants His Privacy, 2024. Oil on canvas, 102 × 76 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Make Room — Yuri Yuan, *Michael Wants His Privacy*, 2024. Oil on canvas, 102 × 76 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Make Room

Yeni Mao and Yuri Yuan are presented by Make Room at Frieze London 2024.

Further Information

Frieze London and Frieze Masters, 9 – 13 October 2024, The Regent’s Park.

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^{Main Image: Yeni Mao,}^{yerba mala}^{(detail), 2021. Blackened and painted steel, glazed ceramic, cochineal on ceramic, gold and nickel-plated volcanic rock, brass, leather, horse hide, aluminum, chain, hardware, 121.9 x 376.8 x 203.2cm. Courtesy of Make Room}