Kelly S. Williams

"L’Origine du Monde on Instagram," Kelly S.Williams

Kelly S. Williams’ fantastic tondo paintings and the triangular tribute to Courbet’s “L’Origine du monde” were the stars of Diversion, her most recent solo show at David Lusk Gallery. But the quietly perfect tarot cards and handkerchiefs — all painted to scale on paper — were the real showstoppers. The combination of artistic mastery and conceptual daftness was so pure — as reproducing something so specific and ephemeral was itself an act of inconsequential witchcraft.

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