Art Talk
Proof Ellsworth Kelly is Alive and Well
Edward Goldman talks about three different projects celebrating Ellsworth Kelly as artist, architect, and curator.
By Edward Goldman • • 3m ListenAny living artist who has two simultaneous museum shows would be, and should be, proud – but, here is the one and only Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015), who is, almost three years after his death, still delivering mighty artistic punches.
Rosary Chapel in Vence, France. There is an in-depth article about Kelly’s chapel in the May issue of Artforum International, which mentions the amusing fact that this project was originally designed for a Santa Barbara vineyard, here in Southern California.
Norton Simon Museum presents two series of Kelly’s prints, both from the 1960s, Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs and Suite of Plant Lithographs.
Installation shot, Line & Color: The Nature of Ellsworth Kelly, Norton Simon Museum. Pasadena, California. Photo by Edward Goldman.
Installation shot, Line & Color: The Nature of Ellsworth Kelly, Norton Simon Museum. Pasadena, California. Photo by Edward Goldman.
Left: Sketch for the painting Lemons and mimosas on a black background, 1944. Matisse. Right: Large head, 1949. Matisse. Images courtesy Long Beach Museum of Art.
Matisse drawings curated by Ellsworth Kelly. Kelly also conceived this exhibition in the last year of his life, and Long Beach is the last of its 5 museum stops.
Woman in a Chair, 1935. Matisse. Image courtesy Long Beach Museum of Art.
