Kelly reemtsen quotes

Kelly Reemtsen is best known for her powerful depictions of the modern day woman. 

Strikingly feminine at first glance, with their bodies adorned in fashionable designer dresses and runway-worthy accessories, Reemtsen’s women are not simply pin-up girls or arm candy. They hold objects ranging from dish-rags to chainsaws and address questions about how we define ‘women’s work’ in contemporary life. Anonymous torsos, the women remain beautiful representations of the feminine with which anyone can identify.

Reemtsen is an accomplished painter and printmaker, having under-taken a residency at Venice Printmaking Studio in Italy, studying etchings with Peter Petengill at Wingate Studio in New Hampshire, and screen printing with Tony Clough at Serio Press in Los Angeles. In September 2016, Reemtsen participated in the visiting artist print-making program at the University of Central Florida’s Flying Horse Editions studio.

KellyReemtsen is an American visual artist, whose paintings, sculptures and drawings are mainly focused on themes such as the role of the modern day woman. Kelly Reemtsen was born in Flint, Michigan in 1967. The artist studied Fashion Design and Painting at Central Michigan University and California State University Long Beach. She was most recently an Artist in Residence at the Venice Printmaking Studio in Italy.

Kelly Reemtsen's Art

Pieces exhibited at her Smashing solo show carry a recognizable, recurring motifs - delicately dressed women, in a festive cocktail vintage designer dresses, yielding tools and household equipment that is at odds with her leisurely costume, like carpentry equipment or power tools. The objects that they hold, intended for often traditionally masculine tasks - from wrenches, sledgehammers, and axes to chainsaws – impose the question of society role of the contemporary woman. By not displaying a woman’s face, these anonymous torsos remain beautiful representations of the female with which anyone can identify. Frequent moti

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