Robert Kelly
American, b. 1956
Drawing on his extensive travels, Robert Kelly’s painted collages contain found print and material from around the world. Kelly has included antique botanical drawings, handwritten notes, small sketches, vintage posters, and signs in his work. To create the ground for his paintings, he lays the re-appropriated paper in long strips to form irregular grids, small squares, and triangles. The repeated application often obscures the printed content beyond recognition. His play of edges, angles, and cuts creates a tension and an intuitive logic to the placement of line and form. These explorations, communicated through a skilled technique, refined over a 20-year career, achieve a mature balance that is both formally rigorous and visually exciting.
Robert W. Kelly was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and graduated from Harvard University, Cambridge with a MA in 1978. Throughout his career he has received positive reviews in many prestigious publications including Art in America, ARTnews and the Los Angeles Times. He is represented in both private and public collections including the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, IBM, New York and the Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe. Although frequently returning to the Southwest, Kelly resides in New York City.(Biography provided by Bentley Gallery)
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Nocturne Suite Series
By Robert Kelly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition series of 4 pigment print by world renown artist Robert Kelly exists in an edition of 50. Paper size is 24"h x 30"w with an image size of 14.5"...
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Early 2000s Abstract Robert Kelly
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Pigment
Robert Kelly (American b. 1956) "Shebia Ruz XV" 2000
By Robert Kelly
Located in Dallas, TX
Robert Kelly (American b. 1956) "Shebia Ruz XV" 2000 oil and mixed media on canvas signed on verso. Image is 62" x 48", measurements listed include the frame.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Robert Kelly
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Oil
Strindberg Nocturnes II
By Robert Kelly
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Robert Kelly’s painted collages are anchored in a step-by-step process of formal puzzle composition and informed by decades of expert surface crafting. Having grown fond of the pared...
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2010s Abstract Robert Kelly
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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Mimesis Noir III
By Robert Kelly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by world renown artist Robert Kelly exists in an edition of 30. Paper size is 35"h x 47"w with an image size of 26"h x 37"w.
Rob...
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2010s Abstract Robert Kelly
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Pigment
Strindberg Nocturnes I
By Robert Kelly
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Robert Kelly’s painted collages are anchored in a step-by-step process of formal puzzle composition and informed by decades of expert surface crafting. Having grown fond of the pared...
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2010s Bauhaus Robert Kelly
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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Orfeo I
By Robert Kelly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print printed on natural cotton rag paper by world renown artist Robert Kelly exists in an edition of 30 that is available as a single ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Robert Kelly
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Pigment
Mimesis Noir
By Robert Kelly
Located in New York, NY
2012
Oil and mixed media on board
17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Signed and dated, verso
Framed
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2010s Abstract Geometric Robert Kelly
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Mixed Media, Oil, Board
Onda II, 2018, Relief, Woodblock, Chine colle
By Robert Kelly
Located in Atlanta, GA
Drawing on his extensive travels, Robert Kelly’s painted collages contain found print and material from around the world. Kelly has included antique botanical drawings...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Robert Kelly
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Woodcut
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