A selection of recent work by artist Kelsey Shwetz. Born in Canada and based in Brooklyn, New York, Shwetz received her MFA from Columbia University where she currently teaches painting. She is interested in observational reality and abstraction, specifically where our gaze settles and the interventions that disrupt that field of vision.
“Light functions as a primary organizing force throughout the work. Domestic illumination, nocturnal lamplight, and mediated light from screens divide the image into overlapping zones of visibility and shadow. Interiors often bleed into exteriors, while landscape appears embedded within or at odds with architectural structure. These moments of partial visibility disrupt a stable point of view, creating scenes that feel recognizable yet unsettled, shaped as much by memory and attention as by physical description.”
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