Mary Reid Kelley
10 Sep 2016 - 19 Feb 2017
Mary Reid Kelley
Sadie, the Saddest Sadist, 2009 (videostill)
Courtesy of the artist and Pilar Corrias Gallery, London
© Mary Reid Kelley
Sadie, the Saddest Sadist, 2009 (videostill)
Courtesy of the artist and Pilar Corrias Gallery, London
© Mary Reid Kelley
MARY REID KELLEY
A Marquee Piece Of Sod. The WWI Films Of Mary Reid Kelley
10 September 2016 – 19 February 2017
In Reid Kelley`s first solo exhibition in a European museum, the Kunsthalle Bremen presents her fourpart film cycle on the First World War. Alongside the exhibition, visitors can view a selection of works in paper from the Kunsthalle`s Collection of Prints and Drawings which enter into an artistic discourse with Reid Kelleys videos.
Mary Reid Kelley (born 1979 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA) creates performances, drawings, and sculptures in collaboration with her partner Patrick Kelley which she interweaves in her films to form total works of art which are rich in innuendo and punning wordplay. She narrates the realities of women’s lives during historical periods of political, social, economic and cultural upheaval such as the French Revolution and the First World War, examining cultural gender roles and the struggle by women for liberation.
In Reid Kelley`s first solo exhibition in an European museum, the Kunsthalle Bremen presents her four-part film cycle on the First World War. The black-and-white films, based on extensive research, oscillate between drawings that are brought to life and stop-motion animation.
The artist combines her concise aesthetic, which ironically synthesizes art-historical styles such as Cubism, Expressionism and Surrealism, with sophisticated wordplay in rhyming verse. By emphasizing inflated artificiality in both the language and the visual images, Reid Kelley explores the radical effect that dramatic historical events have had on changes in identity, gender roles, behaviour, sexuality and speech. Reid Kelley`s films are supplemented by the artist`s drawings and research material.
A Marquee Piece Of Sod. The WWI Films Of Mary Reid Kelley
10 September 2016 – 19 February 2017
In Reid Kelley`s first solo exhibition in a European museum, the Kunsthalle Bremen presents her fourpart film cycle on the First World War. Alongside the exhibition, visitors can view a selection of works in paper from the Kunsthalle`s Collection of Prints and Drawings which enter into an artistic discourse with Reid Kelleys videos.
Mary Reid Kelley (born 1979 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA) creates performances, drawings, and sculptures in collaboration with her partner Patrick Kelley which she interweaves in her films to form total works of art which are rich in innuendo and punning wordplay. She narrates the realities of women’s lives during historical periods of political, social, economic and cultural upheaval such as the French Revolution and the First World War, examining cultural gender roles and the struggle by women for liberation.
In Reid Kelley`s first solo exhibition in an European museum, the Kunsthalle Bremen presents her four-part film cycle on the First World War. The black-and-white films, based on extensive research, oscillate between drawings that are brought to life and stop-motion animation.
The artist combines her concise aesthetic, which ironically synthesizes art-historical styles such as Cubism, Expressionism and Surrealism, with sophisticated wordplay in rhyming verse. By emphasizing inflated artificiality in both the language and the visual images, Reid Kelley explores the radical effect that dramatic historical events have had on changes in identity, gender roles, behaviour, sexuality and speech. Reid Kelley`s films are supplemented by the artist`s drawings and research material.