Ellsworth Kelly - Slow Art, Virtual

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Ellsworth Kelly
Dark Green Panel, 1986
Oil on canvas
122 ✕ 60 1/2 inches
Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Museum purchase
© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
 

Ellsworth Kelly
Dark Blue Panel, 1986
Oil on canvas
109 1/2 ✕ 108 inches 
Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Museum purchase
© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
 

Ellsworth Kelly
Red Panel, 1986
Oil on canvas
98 1/2 ✕ 85 inches
Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Museum purchase
© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation 

  • December 11, 2020 10:00 AM

*This is a virtual event.*

In this installment, we look at three works by Ellsworth Kelly, Red Panel, Dark Green Panel, and Dark Blue Panel, all completed in 1986. Kelly’s work often defies categorization, a fact that pleased him. Are these paintings? Sculpture? Installation? Kelly denied that they represented objects, saying, “They are objects themselves.” Explore the contradictions with a Modern docent.