Keltie Ferris Spray Paints in Solitude | "New York Close Up" | Art21

How does an artist connect to the world while working alone? In this film, artist Keltie Ferris begins a new series of abstract paintings in her Bushwick, Brooklyn studio. Painting in isolation, Ferris discusses both the pleasures and anxieties of working in solitude. Throughout the film, Ferris looks outside of her daily studio process for connections to the world, taking stock of viewer's responses to her work, finding inspiration in both books and the urban environment, and situating her paintings in an art historical tradition. Applying oil paint with various techniques—brush, palette knife, and a spray gun—Ferris builds up layers of marks over several weeks into complex shapes and patterns. Asserting that abstraction is about "trying to undo the nameable things in life," Ferris describes her paintings as being about "seeing through to other worlds."

Keltie Ferris (b. 1977, Louisville, Kentucky, USA) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

CREDITS | "New York Close Up" Created & Produced by: Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich. Editor: Joaquin Perez & Mary Ann Toman. Cinematography: Rafael Moreno Salazar & Ava Wiland. Sound: Nicholas Lindner, Wesley Miller & Ava Wiland. Associate Producer: Ian Forster. Production Assistant: Paulina V. Ahlstrom, Don Edler & Maren Miller. Design & Grahics: Crux Studio & Open. Artwork: Keltie Ferris. An Art21 Workshop Production. © Art21, Inc. 2011. All rights reserved.

"New York Close Up" is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional support provided by The 1896 Studios & Stages.

For more info: http://www.art21.org/newyorkcloseup

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그림그리는 건 마치 고독의 작업같아요

고민하고 있는 것 중 하나가 이 일이 진짜 나를 위해 하는 건가 .. 라는 것이죠

내가 이렇게 긴 외로움을 이겨낼 수 있을지 확신이 없는거죠

학교를 그만두고 하루종일 그림을 그리기 시작할땐 정말 힘들었어요

집에 살고, 집에서 일하기 때문에 밖을 나갈 이유가 아예 없었죠

우유를 사러 나갔을때나 점원과 대화하는 것? 하하하

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근데 오일 물감 대신 에나멜 물감을 쓰겠죠

이 시대에 예술가가 되는건 약간 문제의식이 필요한것 같아요

긍정적으로 앞서가면서 직접적인 그런 것들을 할 때 말이예요

아예 정의되지 않은 무언가를 한다는건 힘든일인 것 같아요

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