JONATHAN KELLY | Truths and Rights
“I’ve always been fascinated by the notion of absolutes, the reduced, essential, pure forms. I like that reductive closed-system thinking, that search for some essential truth; some indivisible kernel.”
“I want my paintings to have a sense they happened in one go, where the order of layers is indistinguishable. As much as they depict an image, they reveal an image, as if the image has been uncovered, like the paint has just illuminated and made visible the form that has always lain dormant beneath.”
INSTALLATION VIEWS
“I like the word motif, as it shares its root with the word motive. It is both an image or design, and a reason for painting. Iteration of the motifs function a bit like a mantra, between meaning and meaninglessness.”
LIST OF WORKS
JoNAthan Kelly
Quiver, 2022
acrylic on canvas
154 x 120 cm.
JONATHAN KELLY
Spin Out (Dark), 2021
acrylic on canvas
82 x 70 cm.
JONATHAN KELLY
Spira (Jute), 2021
acrylic on flax
47 x 35 cm.
Jonathan Kelly
Spira (Gold), 2021
acrylic on board
47 x 35 cm.
Jonathan Kelly
Spira (Nature), 2022
acrylic on canvas
47 x 35 cm.
Jonathan Kelly
Spark Chamber, 2021
acrylic on canvas
82 x 70 cm.
Jonathan Kelly
Offline Profile, 2021
acrylic on canvas
82 x 70 cm.
Jonathan Kelly
Pink Links, 2021
acrylic on canvas
82 x 70 cm.
JONATHAN KELLY
Fountain Buddha, 2016
acrylic and screenprint on canvas
165 x 215 cm.
JoNathan Kelly
Midas, 2022
acrylic on canvas
82 x 70 cm.
Jonathan Kelly
Spira (Galaxy), 2022
acrylic on blanket
47 x 35 cm.
Jonathan Kelly
Spira X, 2022
acrylic on board
47 x 35 cm.
JONATHAN KELLY
Fundamentals, 2021
acrylic on canvas
82 x 70 cm.
Jonathan Kelly
Spin Out(Faded), 2021
acrylic on canvas
82 x 70 cm.
JoNathan Kelly
Spira (Silver), 2022
acrylic on canvas
47 x 35 cm.
JoNathan kelly
Grace, 2022
acrylic on canvas
82 x 70 cm.
“The hands want to see, the eyes want to caress”