Madam Pelé, Circa 2019
Richard Kelley  

Photography : metal, digital, HD print · 120 x 80 x 2 cm 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch · Ready to hang

€1,850 1 850 €

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About the artwork

Type

Photography : numbered and limited to 2 copies

2 copies available

Condition

Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang

Authenticity

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Signature

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Technique & Support

metal, digital, HD print on aluminium

Dimensions ( cminch )

120 x 80 x 2 cm 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth

Artwork dimensions including frame

124 x 84 x 4 cm 48.8 x 33.1 x 1.6 inch

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Description
Abstracts created from the naturally worn stalks of Traveler Palms. This image suggest a world of lava flows and the hand of Madam Pele, who the myth says, rules the volcanoes of Hawaï.

No two Traveler stalks are identical, and when photographed with a macro lens, their distinct markings form the basis for unique abstract images that open the door to finding unlimited other worlds. Some mimic swirling tableau of painterly textures or color-streaked desert landscapes where still others suggest the flavor of old master canvases or the allegorical woodblock prints of Hokusai.

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Abstract

Abstract art

Nature

orange

Richard Kelley, Madam Pelé
United States  • 1957

Presentation

I am in turn a photojournalist, writer, broadcaster and historian. I gravitated to the works of W. Eugene Smith, Magnum photographers; Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Joseph Koudelka. Their common approach became my mantra: make images that tell a story; withdraw; disappear; leave vanity aside; and make emotional, elegantly composed images that point to a truth about your subject. From 1972 to 1984, I captured the intimate moments of drivers fighting to survive in F1, a time that was forcing the most significant changes to drivers, cars and technology in history. Grand Prix. 


From the beginning, it was clear that these technological developments influenced the spirit, the passion and the courage that I registered at that time, and I decided then to adopt the style of Cartier-Bresson and to become "a fly on the low wall"; get as close as I could to these pieces of history, without influencing the emotion or drama of the moment. 


Throughout the decades that followed, working in the press or heading departments of international automotive brands, I could not forget my intimate Grand Prix images that I had captured while being a "fly on the wall". in the world of Formula One. So I brought them together to present them to the general public. I also returned to creating new digital works, both monochrome and color, oriented to time and its influence on nature and the world at large. 

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