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Lavishly Dressed Women Equipped with Shovels and Chainsaws Consider the Tools Used for Change
“Power Move.” All images © Kelly Reemtsen, shared with permission “My work has always been a tribute to all the hard-working women in my life,” says Kelly Reemtsen. The artist (previously), who lives and works between Los Angeles and London, has spent the last decade producing a subversive body of […]
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Sledgehammers and High Heels Find a Modern Pairing in Kelly Reemtsen’s New Paintings
Painter Kelly Reemtsen (previously) paints images of anonymous women in thick impasto. The pieces juxtapose high fashion with tools and other construction equipment, placing sequenced high heels alongside sledgehammers and hefty axes. The colorfully painted works are Reemtsen’s comment on modern femininity. By placing tools in each of her subjects’ hands, the […]
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Kelly Reemtsen’s Painterly Juxtapositions of Chic Dresses and Power Tools Showcase Modern Femininity
Labor Force, 2015 Los Angeles-based painter Kelly Reemtsen‘s newest works focus on the subject matter of well-dressed women toting household tools that range from mallets to power saws, each held in a causal position that demonstrates a comfortableness with the object in-hand. Each figure is anonymous, the head of the […]
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