Jake Kelly
I am fascinated by the simple act of making a line. The foundation of our shared human culture, from ancient cave paintings to 3D printing, can be traced fundamentally to lines. I call upon the significance and history of lines as the bedrock of my practice. My work manifests sculpturally through the use of humble materials such as string wood and concrete. The use of democratised materials is significant for me as a statement towards the accessibility of art for everyone in our society.
Documentation of the making of a site specific installation made for Rotterdam Art week 2021 kindly funded by stichting daad en droom. The work was made in three sections measuring 2 x 5 meters each, this was then meshed together on site.
Site specific installation at MESH in 2019
‘What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?”’
Tony Benn - Yanis Varoufakis
Tony Benn - Yanis Varoufakis
Jake Kelly - Interview
Sweet Darkness - David Whyte
When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.
Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.
There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.
The dark will be your womb tonight.
The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.
You must learn one thing.
The world was made to be free in.
Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.
Sometimes it takes darkness and
the sweet confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
Werk
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Bio
Kelly was initially trained as a painter in the UK, this quickly evolved into sculptural deconstruction of painting. What remained was the line, a network or a surface, which has since manifested itself into a series of large installations since late 2019. Kelly is represented by Chrysalid Gallery and recently participated in Rotterdam Art Week 2021 with an installation at STEUR kindly funded by stichting daad en droom, and also participated in BIGART 2020.
