We had the good fortune of connecting with Yvette Gellis and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Yvette, how do you think about risk? It’s clear looking back to the beginning of my life that the best choices I made were the risky ones. There was always someone telling me not to do something I [...]
Artist-run gallery Durden and Ray has organized a sprawling show installed all over L.A. County and seen from sidewalks and streets. SOURCE: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-05-22/durden-ray-we-are-here-art-show-public
By Jennifer Remenchik An Exhibition Across Los Angeles Takes on New Meanings in Times of Protest. When We Are Here / Here We Are opened in mid-May, the street landscape of Los Angeles looked decidedly different. READ MORE: https://hyperallergic.com/570277/durden-and-ray-we-are-here-here-we-are/
Yvette Gellis could in a sense be said to be a landscape painter. But that’s only because she uses paint, and often draws inspiration from the elements of nature and the world that surrounds us. The work itself presents an imaginative, architecturally engaged hybrid of painting, sculpture, installation, and experience as she breaks out of [...]
