Artwork of the Week: 'Frazzled Atmosphere' (2018) by Jordanna Kelly.

01/17/2019

This week, we highlight one of our favorite pieces in our current exhibition, OVERWHELMED, by Jordanna Kelly -- 'Frazzled Atmosphere' (2018). This triptych captures the vivid chaos that is Kelly's imagination. Like all of the works within this show, Kelly created 'Frazzled Atmosphere' through the meticulous process of painting various images, cutting little circles out of them, and layering them again on a painted background. This method not only creates a sense of depth - which, in this case, is symbolic of the anxiety that Kelly suffers from - but allows Kelly to have more control of her work. Jordanna talks about this process in the article "All The Small Things", stating:

“I have not painted in so long. It’s something that I’ve been battling because it’s so loose, too free. I’m a very controlled person, and I’m not going to start splashing and putting paint down and not have a direction. After I paint and cut, I spread them all out, and this becomes my new paint. So when I create my background, it is about picking them and sorting them and thinking about which colour changes this field so much. I find that interesting, and it’s time-consuming, and it makes me excited.”

Read more about the process of creating works like 'Frazzled Atmosphere' and others within this exhibition here:

https://thenassauguardian.com/20…/…/10/all-the-small-things/