"Mary Kelly was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, US, in 1941 and lives today in Los Angeles. She has played a fundamental role in the history and ongoing development of conceptual and feminist art, with works that have explored sexuality and women's experience, wider issues of identity, the spectacle and trauma of war, and the nature of memory in relation to history and geopolitics."
"Informed by a range of thought, including critical theory, psychoanalysis and literature, her work takes diverse physical forms, but often manifests in multimedia installations, involving a rich materiality that includes text and documents, photography and printmaking, sculpture, sound and film. She reflects on her groundbreaking projects like Post-Partum Document (1973-77) and Interim (1984-89), and the way that her use of autobiography has shifted in her work over time."
"She discusses the dramatic shift in her life following her move to Beirut in the 1960s and the events of May 1968. She recalls the moment she encountered Franz Kline's work aged 15 and how it confirmed a lifelong pursuit of non-figurative work."
Mary Kelly was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, US, in 1941 and lives in Los Angeles. She played a fundamental role in the history and development of conceptual and feminist art. Her works explore sexuality and women's experience, identity, the spectacle and trauma of war, and the nature of memory in relation to history and geopolitics. Her practice draws on critical theory, psychoanalysis and literature and often takes the form of multimedia installations combining text, documents, photography, printmaking, sculpture, sound and film. Groundbreaking projects include Post-Partum Document (1973-77) and Interim (1984-89). Autobiography features in her work and shifted over time following moves to Beirut and influences such as Franz Kline, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean Genet, William Carlos Williams and Jacques Lacan.
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