October 26 – December 1, 2024
GRO presents printmaker and ceramicist Betsy Kellas: Imperfect Offerings. The show creates space for a quiet conversation between Kellas’ two-dimensional and three-dimensional works. On the walls are black and white monotypes with Chine-collé (pasted) collage. These are small, elegant, and formal. Also in the gallery are delicate ceramic sculptures, some that are bowl-like, suggesting containers made for air. Kellas is influenced by, among other things, Dada and abstract expressionism. Her work is nonrepresentational, expression of authentic responses that arrive before languag begins naming and explaining.
“This is an exhibition of and about things as they are. Along with decades of practice, experience and expertise, this work bears witness to the unexpected, the unwanted, the things beyond our control that confuse us, crack us open and change us as we live our lives. These are my imperfect offerings, works that I love, made with love.” —Betsy Kellas
