kelli scott kelley: migrations

FIRST WEDNESDAY OPENING RECEPTION: 02/05, 6 - 9 P.M.
artICULATE aRTIST tALK: sUNDAY, 02/09 AT 4 P.M.
 

Kelli Scott Kelley’s work is comprised of mixed-media narrative paintings, drawings and objects. Through personal and universal icons her work explores multiple states of reality. Figures, animals, and objects appear in metaphorical narratives which explore humankind’s connections, disconnections and impact upon the natural world. She describes her work: “I am moved by the exquisite beauty in the world, as well as the absurdity and ugliness. The inevitability of death (that of all sentient beings) and the seeming unavoidable demise of the natural world, affects me, and inspires images.“ She continues, “My hope is that the pieces will be experienced in poetic way, that viewers will have an intuitive response based on their own experiences and ways of seeing.”

Kelley is a Professor of Painting in the School of Art at LSU. Her work as been exhibited both nationally and internationally at museums and galleries, including solo exhibitions at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Bradbury Art Museum, The Masur Museum of Art, Micholson Museum of Art, and the LSU Museum of Art. Kelley authored a book featuring her narrative artwork entitled Accalia and the Swamp Monster in 2014. She received an ATLAS (Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars) grant for the project. Kelley’s work is featured in the permanent collections of the Hall Art Foundation, LSU Museum of Art, Tyler Museum of Art, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Special Collections, and the Eugenia Summer Gallery.

This exhibition is presented alongside the latest works from Katrina Andry, Christopher Scott Brumfield, and Katherine Scherer. All works from these four artists are on view, free of charge, during normal gallery hours (12 - 6 p.m., Tue - Sun) through February 27, 2020.