Lauren Kelley’s videos center toys, dolls, and images of miniature objects sourced from eBay. Kelley honors items that evoke an off-kilter aura. Outlines Inside features six, short, videos rendering dreams, everyday life, and the space in between. Froufrou Conclusions (1 min 29 sec) and True Falsetto (2 min 16 sec) explore desires unfulfilled. Burlap Interior (2 min 59 sec) depicts a quiet ride home while in Wildseed (1 min 28 sec) a utopian landscape is turned upside down. These videos are paired with two kinetic drawings entitled Pink Head (0 min 39 sec ) and Telephone (0 min 17 sec)
Lauren Kelley
Lauren Kelly is an interdisciplinary artist who employs a wry wit when commenting on matters of innocence, race, and girlhood. At the core of her practice is a series of short, stop-motion animated videos that combine clay-mation with her brown, plastic dolls. Dolls are Kelley’s vehicle for navigating the space between luxuries and necessities; sweet and unsavory sentiments; Black and non-black worlds. Kelley’s work has been included in exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France and the New Museum, New York, NY. Reviews of her work have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker and Art in America.
Website: www.laurenkelleystudio.com
Instagram: @laurendkelleypage2