The Pea Stakers
13 November 2021
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers
7 October -
13 November 2021
The Pea Stakers is an exhibition in two parts. In the actual gallery, a new series of pastel drawings takes its content from the Netflix series Emily in Paris, Season 1. Freshly transplanted to a strange city, the young social media manager jogs along the Seine while communicating on her iPhone. Pastel is a medium associated with nineteenth-century Impressionism, specifically Edgar Degas and the images of young dancers (“petits rats”) he was endlessly reworking. Meanwhile, in a VR simulation of the gallery, viewers encounter a short text based on a dream about writing.
The Pea Stakers (a title taken from a work by Camille Pissarro, a design for a painting on a fan) is John Kelsey’s third exhibition at Galerie Buchholz.
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
Emily in Paris 1, 2021
pastel on paper in artist’s frame
73 x 53 cm
Emily in Paris 2, 2021
pastel on paper in artist’s frame
73 x 53 cm
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
Emily in Paris 9, 2021
pastel on paper in artist’s frame
73 x 53 cm
Emily in Paris 10, 2021
pastel on paper in artist’s frame
73 x 53 cm
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
Enigma 1, 2021
pastel on paper in artist’s frame
60 x 50 cm
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
Enigma 1, 2021
pastel on paper in artist’s frame
60 x 50 cm
John Kelsey
Enigma 2, 2021
pastel on paper in artist’s frame
50 x 60 cm
Enigma 3, 2021
pastel on paper in artist’s frame
50 x 60 cm
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers, 2021
VR Application for Oculus Quest 2 Headset. Developed with Unity3D. Gallery captured with Canvas on iPad Pro with LiDAR
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers, 2021
VR Application for Oculus Quest 2 Headset. Developed with Unity3D. Gallery captured with Canvas on iPad Pro with LiDAR
John Kelsey
The Pea Stakers, 2021
VR Application for Oculus Quest 2 Headset. Developed with Unity3D. Gallery captured with Canvas on iPad Pro with LiDAR
John Kelsey
Enigma 8, 2021
pastel on paper in artist’s frame
60 x 50 cm
installation view
Galerie Buchholz, New York 2021
John Kelsey
Enigma 8, 2021
pastel on paper in artist’s frame
60 x 50 cm