EAF05: 2005 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition


Kelly Parr

  
Coming Soon, 2005
Steel, foam
10’x 16’x 23’
Special thanks:SignExpo TriBeCa, E&TPlastic Manufacturing Co., Tova Friedman, Mika Yokobori

Coming Soon is an installation of two foam and steel facades inspired by the ubiquitous cardboard movie promotions used in theater lobbies. This sculpture collects partial images from several blockbuster films, layering them into planes of solid color. Here the form and support structure are highlighted and the glossy images of movie stars and digitally rendered characters are erased revealing both the pervasive nature and fleeting relevance of mass-marketed, big budget film culture.

Born 1964, Detroit, MI
Lives & works in Brooklyn, NY

Education
1993 M.F.A., (Sculpture) Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1988 B.A., University of California, Davis, CA
Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice

Group Exhibitions include:
Coming Soon: Lobster or Fame, Smekkleysa, Reykjavík, Iceland (2005)
New Work, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX (2004)
24, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX (2003)
2 Step, CCNOA + Robert Preece Projects, Brussels, Belgium (2002)
Ferdafuda, Listasumri á Akureyi, Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland (2002)
Identity at the Millennium, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY (2000)
Elements 2000, CAA, New York, NY (2000)
In My Room, White Columns, New York, NY (1999)
Wrestling With Mary Shelley, Blohard, Philadelphia, PA (1999)
Open, Tate, New York, NY (1998)
The Outpost at The Kitchen, The Kitchen, New York, NY (1998)
The New York International Video & New Media Festival, New York, NY (1996)
Cadmium Cathode, Sauce Gallery, New York, NY (1996)
Dyad, 57 Grand Street, New York, NY (1995)
Pain/Pain Online, The Thing; Here, New York, NY (1995)
Yale University MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art and Architecture Gallery, New Haven, CT (1993)

Residencies include:
SÍM (Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna), Reykjavík, Iceland (2005)
Experimental Television Center, Owego, NY (1997)
Norfolk Sculpture Projects, Yale School of Art and Music, Norfolk, CT (1992).