The Gods of Tiny Things: In Conversation with Deborah Kelly (2021)

Video (47:15): Deborah Kelly and Curator Chelsey O’Brien in-conversation as they discuss Kelly’s Gallery 3 exhibition ‘The Gods of Tiny Things‘ (2021) at ACMI, Australia – a kaleidoscopic video of vivid animated figures and landscapes cut free from the pages of old magazines and encyclopedias. Hear about Kelly’s collaborative centred practise and the beginning of her new religion.

About Deborah Kelly

Deborah Kelly is a queer feminist artist who is questioning gender, power and privileges. She reconsiders our understanding of visual imagery and our cultural heritage. She uses well-known and popular-cultural motifs in her works, and with her unique collage technique she creates a new iconography which is often both beautiful and disturbingly queer. In her exhibition Venus Envy (2017), she re-interpreted the central figure of Western art: the female nude. Deborah regularly collaborates and contributes to collectives to address political issues including LGBTIQ+ rights, asylum for refugees and climate change. Her work is included in major national and international exhibitions and events. She currently lives in Sydney, Australia.

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