Keeley Haftner: Tesselescence
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, November 28th
Compound Yellow presents artist Keeley Haftner’s “Tesselescence (Compound Yellow)”, opening this Saturday from 3-6pm.
“Tesselescence” is a larger, ongoing series of work by Haftner begun in 2014, encompassing many transformative processes for waste materials. It is a portmonteau that combines the concepts of “tessellation” (a two-dimensional pattern with a three-dimensional effect) and “obsolescence,” be it unintentional or planned. This exhibition is the next in a series of installations which reveal the visual history of an artist-run space’s installations using their leftover paint from previous exhibitions. This solo exhibition will also showcase new installation-sculptures titled “Material Biases” created in collaboration with artists Alberto Aguilar, Arnold J. Kemp, Laura Shaeffer, and Lisa Walcott.
Keeley Haftner (1985) is a Saskatchewanian-Canadian artist based in the Netherlands whose artwork deals with garbage as a material and a concept – in other words, with matter out of place and time. Her work has been exhibited internationally in the US, Canada, and Europe, including her current solo presentation at the Ceramic Museum of the Netherlands. Haftner was long-listed for Canada’s prestigious Sobey Art Award, and short-listed for the De Kei Ceramics Prize, a biennial award for ceramic work of exceptional artistic quality in the Netherlands.
Image credit: Keeley Haftner, “Tesselescence (The Franklin Outdoor)” (detail); mistinted latex paint, the Franklin Outdoor; part of Still Life at the Franklin Outdoor, curated by Edra Soto; 2021
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