Short Memory / Andrew Kelly | Andrew Kelly

  • Andrew Kelly, South Coast Duplex
  • Andrew Kelly, South Coast House with Lorikeets
  • Andrew Kelly, Campbell Parade - North Bondi
  • Andrew Kelly, South Coast Cabin and Van Park
  • Andrew Kelly, Bourke and Hill Street, Darlinghurst
  • Andrew Kelly, Burton and Riley Street, Darlinghurst
  • Andrew Kelly, South Coast View- Dusk
  • Andrew Kelly, Era Shacks
  • Andrew Kelly, Oak Park Pavilion
  • Andrew Kelly, Burning Palms Shacks
  • Andrew Kelly, Tamarama Surf Club
  • Andrew Kelly, South Bluff Era
  • Andrew Kelly, South Coast House at Dusk
  • Andrew Kelly, Back Vallery - Era

Short Memory / Andrew Kelly
22 July - 09 August 2010

Short Memory

I subscribe to the belief that there must be a connection between artist and subject for a landscape painting to have meaning.  I would struggle, for example, to paint from a photograph alone or a subject viewed only briefly or for the first time.  My hope is then that the viewer can experience the connection through the painting.  All the works in this series represent places frequented during my childhood, adolescence, or adult life. The works are more about the memory or recalled image, or the yearning for a time,  than the real subject.   In several instances the structures depicted in the work have been removed or changed substantially, so my role extends to that of a documentary maker.

 Andrew Kelly 2010