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Keltie Ferris
Turn Turn Step Step
- Estimate
- $30,000 - 40,000
$40,000
Lot Details
oil and acrylic on canvas
90 x 80 in. (228.6 x 203.2 cm)
Signed, titled and dated "Turn Turn Step Step 2012 Keltie Ferris" on the reverse.
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Catalogue Essay
"Consider Turn Turn Step Step, where Ferris adopts Franz Kline’s transverse lines as a general compositional strategy, only to atomize Kline’s stark strokes into a colorful, techno-futurist dreamscape bursting with attendant fluorescent energy." - Nathaniel Lee, Artforum
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Keltie Ferris
American | 1977Brooklyn-based artist Keltie Ferris is most famous for large-scale paintings covered in layers of spray paint and hand-painted geometric fields. Ferris creates perceptual depth through a distinctive use of light and shapes. His work often gives the illusion of a pixelated landscape though it remains abstract in its final form. While spray paint is typically associated with graffiti or temporary, "on-the-go" artistic practices, Ferris harnesses its dynamism to create stable, highly intricate scenes from combinations of vibrant colors.
He also uses his own body as a tool, covering it in oil and paint and pressing it against the canvas. He repeats this process numerous times to record his own trace as a slow but visible disappearance of the artist into the work.
Browse ArtistHe also uses his own body as a tool, covering it in oil and paint and pressing it against the canvas. He repeats this process numerous times to record his own trace as a slow but visible disappearance of the artist into the work.