WENDY KELLY | THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ORDINARY

1 AUGUST - 1 SEPTEMBER 2024

Artist’s statement

The complexity of the ordinary.

Although known since the 1990s for developing a singular visual language centred in a form of geometric based reductive abstraction, my long abiding interest in these elements has developed into more complex forms. Geometry and pattern, with their sense of specific concrete order, repetition, drawing and non narrative approach, begged for further re-interpretation.

The current work draws on a long held collection of fabrics that revelled in the everyday. Geometry and pattern dominate, and when disturbed, they had the effect of fracturing the rhythms and rigidity of the abstraction. They developed an inherent tension, new readings and meanings. Light became a subject, unlike the way it had been used in the past, where it was a tool, and they seek complexity in the ordinary

Wendy Kelly

29.6.24

Artworks by Wendy Kelly included in the exhibition.

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1] Soft drop 1 2021. Oil on canvas, 61x61cm $2200

2] Treasure 2021. Oil on canvas on board, 91.5x61cm $4400

3] Treasure 2 2021. Oil on linen, 61.5x61.5cm $2200

4] Soft Drop 3 2021. Oil n canvas, 61 x 61 cm $2200

5] Fold 2021. Oil on canvas on board, 61.5x61.5cm $2200

6] Fold 3 2023. Oil on linen, 61x61cm $2200

7] Fold 4 2023. Oil on canvas on board, 91.5x61cm $4400

8] Hounds 2024. Oil on linen, 71x71cm $3000

9] Swatch 2023. Oil on canvas on board, 71 x 61cm $3000

10] Wave 2023. Oil on linen, 91.5x91.5cm $4400

11] Soft Grid 2 2022. Oil on canvas, 91.5x61cm $4400

12] Swags 2024. Oil on canvas, 71x71cm $3000

13] Altar Piece 2024. Oil on canvas on board, 122x144cm $5000

14] Crush 2023. Oil on linen, 71x71cm $3000

15] Expose 2024 Oil on canvas 61x92cm $4400

16] Line upon Line 2011. Mixed technique on canvas, 167.2 x 213.4 cm $7000

17] Undercurrent 2010. Mixed technique on canvas, 167.6 x 198.2 cm $7000

18] Piece 2024 Oil on linen, 91 x 91 cm $4400

19] Concealed Narrative 2014. Handmade case 24 collaged sheets, antiquated unopened book pages, case size 72.8x58x8cm POA

20] Themes and Variations 2021 Boxed book of linocuts, edition of 4. Illustrated, Cinging Shild, page 24 $4400

Communication Series 2014-2015 Mixed technique on canvas. 9 panels, each panel 167.7x91.4cm. Each panel $5500

Arabic. Mixed technique on canvas $5500

Chinese. Mixed technique on canvas $5500

English. Collage rice paper, acrylic on canvas. $5500

German. Mixed technique on canvas $5500

Japanese. Mixed technique on canvas $5500

Latin. Mixed technique on canvas $5500

Nordic. Mixed technique on canvas $5500

Scales and Arpeggios. Mixed technique on canvas $5500

Russian. Mixed technique on canvas $5500

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