Homage to Ellsworth Kelly
Presented on the occasion of the artist鈥檚 ninetieth birthday, this installation brings together a selection of four works that span Ellsworth Kelly鈥檚 prolific oeuvre. One of the most prominent artists of the postwar period, Kelly is known for his explorations of contrasting formal relationships: flat color versus depth, shape, and scale. Red Yellow Blue White (1952), a multipanel work the artist produced while living in Paris, propels abstraction and color forcefully into space , while Diagonal with Curve III (1978) incorporates the wall onto which it hangs as part of its composition. These are joined by two examples on loan from a private collection, Black Red-Orange (1966) and Yellow Relief with White (1990), which demonstrate Kelly鈥檚 evolving approach to revealing the essence of form, line, and color. Throughout the last seven decades, Kelly鈥檚 works have masterfully redefined the relationship between painting and subjective experience, fusing his world with ours.
Homage to Ellsworth Kelly is complemented by the presentation Ellsworth Kelly: Paris/New York, 1949鈥�1956, on view in gallery 172, and by the installation of Curve I (1973), on loan from the artist, in the Anne d鈥橦arnoncourt Sculpture Garden. The Museum joins the Barnes Foundation in celebrating Kelly鈥檚 contribution to the arts; the Foundation鈥檚 exhibition Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture on the Wall runs from May 4 to September 2, 2013.
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Presented on the occasion of the artist鈥檚 ninetieth birthday, this installation brings together a selection of four works that span Ellsworth Kelly鈥檚 prolific oeuvre. One of the most prominent artists of the postwar period, Kelly is known for his explorations of contrasting formal relationships: flat color versus depth, shape, and scale. Red Yellow Blue White (1952), a multipanel work the artist produced while living in Paris, propels abstraction and color forcefully into space , while Diagonal with Curve III (1978) incorporates the wall onto which it hangs as part of its composition. These are joined by two examples on loan from a private collection, Black Red-Orange (1966) and Yellow Relief with White (1990), which demonstrate Kelly鈥檚 evolving approach to revealing the essence of form, line, and color. Throughout the last seven decades, Kelly鈥檚 works have masterfully redefined the relationship between painting and subjective experience, fusing his world with ours.
Homage to Ellsworth Kelly is complemented by the presentation Ellsworth Kelly: Paris/New York, 1949鈥�1956, on view in gallery 172, and by the installation of Curve I (1973), on loan from the artist, in the Anne d鈥橦arnoncourt Sculpture Garden. The Museum joins the Barnes Foundation in celebrating Kelly鈥檚 contribution to the arts; the Foundation鈥檚 exhibition Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture on the Wall runs from May 4 to September 2, 2013.
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