February 2008 artist: Kelly Goode
"Body Idol" and "Collages of Us"
Works by Kelly Goode
Noir Art Emporium is proud to present two series of works by Savannah, Ga., artist Kelly Goode. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 1.
"BODY IDOL"
Kelly Goode started this project several years ago when she started cleaning for a friend with a vast antique collection. A large part of his collection was imagery of women, some just beautiful, most sensual. She was most attracted to the magazines, posters, cigarette and cigar inserts, and calendars of women from the 1930s and '40s.
These women were portrayed as male-dependant, helpless, and posed for the pleasures of men. "I wasn't as much offended as I was fascinated -- my how times have changed!," she said. "Women are still often viewed as sex objects, but the majority of women are independent, self-assured, and don't live solely for marriage."
The women she photographed here are posed in the same way or in a variation of the photos and illustrations she found. Some of the sayings that accompany the art are the same, some she created along the same vein. The acrylic painted background is designed to highlight the woman and not the context.
"This series is also one of my takeoff points to my mixed media -- for the first time combining my own photography with paint," said Ms. Goode. "My intension is to reintroduce this piece of history by using modern women. Men and women alike need to realize what has been overcome and maybe take a second look at our choices that decide how our culture is to be remembered."
"COLLAGES OF US"
Ms. Goode says she always had an interest and experimented with mixed media but her move to Savannah and the long history of the city inspired the collage work that she's making today. She starts with things she finds: pictures, letters, ads, fabric, idea fragments that belong to other people, and then she fills in the blanks with her own story.
"I like to use a variety of materials and techniques in my palette so the viewer experiences a variety of emotions." she said. "My goal is to evoke a sense of nostalgia and well-being in my work that takes a second look at our history in a new and interesting way.
"Working with collage makes me feel like I'm a part of something bigger and like I'm preserving the otherwise forgettable details of humanity in some small way. I get great satisfaction in knowing that these discarded photos and memories will not disappear into a landfill, but breathe new life as art."
Ms. Goode titled this group of work "Collages of Us" because "there's a little bit of me in there and there's a little bit of you in there."
The exhibition will be on display throughout the month of February.
Works by Kelly Goode
Noir Art Emporium is proud to present two series of works by Savannah, Ga., artist Kelly Goode. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 1.
"BODY IDOL"
Kelly Goode started this project several years ago when she started cleaning for a friend with a vast antique collection. A large part of his collection was imagery of women, some just beautiful, most sensual. She was most attracted to the magazines, posters, cigarette and cigar inserts, and calendars of women from the 1930s and '40s.
These women were portrayed as male-dependant, helpless, and posed for the pleasures of men. "I wasn't as much offended as I was fascinated -- my how times have changed!," she said. "Women are still often viewed as sex objects, but the majority of women are independent, self-assured, and don't live solely for marriage."
The women she photographed here are posed in the same way or in a variation of the photos and illustrations she found. Some of the sayings that accompany the art are the same, some she created along the same vein. The acrylic painted background is designed to highlight the woman and not the context.
"This series is also one of my takeoff points to my mixed media -- for the first time combining my own photography with paint," said Ms. Goode. "My intension is to reintroduce this piece of history by using modern women. Men and women alike need to realize what has been overcome and maybe take a second look at our choices that decide how our culture is to be remembered."
"COLLAGES OF US"
Ms. Goode says she always had an interest and experimented with mixed media but her move to Savannah and the long history of the city inspired the collage work that she's making today. She starts with things she finds: pictures, letters, ads, fabric, idea fragments that belong to other people, and then she fills in the blanks with her own story.
"I like to use a variety of materials and techniques in my palette so the viewer experiences a variety of emotions." she said. "My goal is to evoke a sense of nostalgia and well-being in my work that takes a second look at our history in a new and interesting way.
"Working with collage makes me feel like I'm a part of something bigger and like I'm preserving the otherwise forgettable details of humanity in some small way. I get great satisfaction in knowing that these discarded photos and memories will not disappear into a landfill, but breathe new life as art."
Ms. Goode titled this group of work "Collages of Us" because "there's a little bit of me in there and there's a little bit of you in there."
The exhibition will be on display throughout the month of February.
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