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YVETTE GELLIS : LIMINAL SPACES

3,213 views · Published 22 May 2018 · 6:33 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: ERIC MINH SWENSON ART FILMS · 2018 · Education

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In Liminal Spaces, Gellis’ large-scale, mixed media paintings & Pownall’s floor sculptures and wall works interact to create a singular installation space; one that explores “liminality”, including themes of spirituality, the threshold of time, transitioning forward, memories and ephemerality. “I see painting as an interactive experience, propelling your body to move through the work so the viewer is absorbed into the event as a participant. The installation structures echo or reiterate the impermanent and mutable states depicted in the painting. The painting thereby moves into the space allowing for participation in the event itself. The visual world as I see it, transforms, turning a static work into a three dimensional event with movement, duration and unexpected surprise. Transgressing traditional boundaries of the medium, I reference the effects of historically defined spaces to provoke the unsettling sense of space with the insertion of cut fragments, thick paint and collaged elements to rupture the notion that a frame can contain the landscape or that an architectural interior experience can be restrained within the context of the canvas.” Yvette Gellis

About Yvette Gellis American artist Yvette Gellis lives and works in Los Angeles, California. After attending UCLA and Art Center College of Design in Pasadena CA, she received her M.F.A. in 2008 from Claremont Graduate University. Ms. Gellis has exhibited nationally and internationally including The Pasadena Museum of California Art, The Landesgalerie Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, St. Jacques Eglise, Dival, France, The Torrance Art Museum, Soulangh Cultural Park and Museum, Tainan and The East-Gate Museum, Cao Shan Dong Men Art Museum, Yangmingshan, Taipei, Taiwan. Ms. Gellis has been awarded artist residencies with exhibitions in Taiwan, France, Austria, Arizona, and the 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica. Her work is included in several private and public collections. Gellis is represented by Nancy Toomey Fine Art in San Francisco and Brunnhofer Galerie in Linz, Austria.

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