Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Keltie Ferris: Paintings and Body Prints, September 10–October 17, 2015
Colby Chamberlain, "Keltie Ferris," Artforum, vol. 54, no. 4, December 2015, p. 257
Courtney Willis Blair, ed., Keltie Ferris: >>A>Decade, New York, 2020, pp. 68–69 (illustrated)
American • 1977
Brooklyn-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.
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