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Keltie Ferris
!@#$%^&*()
- Estimate
- £15,000 - 20,000†
£20,000
Lot Details
oil, acrylic, oil pastel, spray paint on canvas
203.2 x 203.2 cm (80 x 80 in.)
Signed, titled and dated '!@#$%^&*() 2010 KELTIE FERRIS' on the reverse.
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“I like the feeling of looking through things to a world you can’t quite access, or a residue of a former world that you can’t quite get to, and I try to have that in my paintings”. Keltie Ferris
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Keltie Ferris
American | 1977Brooklyn-based artist Keltie Ferris is most famous for large-scale paintings covered in layers of spray paint and hand-painted geometric fields. Ferris creates perceptual depth through a distinctive use of light and shapes. His work often gives the illusion of a pixelated landscape though it remains abstract in its final form. While spray paint is typically associated with graffiti or temporary, "on-the-go" artistic practices, Ferris harnesses its dynamism to create stable, highly intricate scenes from combinations of vibrant colors.
He also uses his own body as a tool, covering it in oil and paint and pressing it against the canvas. He repeats this process numerous times to record his own trace as a slow but visible disappearance of the artist into the work.
Browse ArtistHe also uses his own body as a tool, covering it in oil and paint and pressing it against the canvas. He repeats this process numerous times to record his own trace as a slow but visible disappearance of the artist into the work.