CLICK FOR LINK TO LA MAMA THEATRE: John Kelly 'Gravel', archival digital print, 30" x 45", 2010
Schiele~Kelly a solo exhibition by visual and performance artist John Kelly, will have an opening event Tuesday, November 23rd, from 7 – 9 PM at La MaMa’s La Galleria, 6 East 1st Street (between The Bowery and 2nd Ave).
After his recent (June/July 2009) retrospective The Mirror Stages: Self-Portraits at Alexander Gray Associates, Kelly again considered his relationship to both visual art and the work of the Viennese Expressionist artist Egon Schiele (1890-1918) in particular. This led him to create a series of photographic self-portraits based on Schiele’s prolific body of work, and turbulent personal life. Using his body as subject, with the camera as spectator, he continues his investigation into self-portraiture and its relation to performance.
In addition to the Schiele~Kelly exhibit, La MaMa will present Pass The Blutwurst, Bitte (Version IV) in December 2010 at The Ellen Stewart Theater. This landmark and 1987 Obie award winning work will incorporate four new scenes and film sequences that recreate the private experience of drawing into a theatrical language.
‘Schiele~Kelly’
November 23–December 12
La Galleria LaMaMa
6 east 1st Street (between The Bowery and 2nd Ave)
212 505 2476
