Kelly Moran: Only Human

d. m. allison gallery presents the exhibition Kelly Moran: Only Human. Preview reception Thursday, September 10, 6pm-8pm. Opening Saturday, September 12. On view through October 17.

About The Artist:

Houston TX  based artist Kelly Moran opens her fourth in a series of solo exhibitions at d. m. allison gallery (formerly Nau-haus Art in the Heights) and continues to make comment through comparison following her exhibitions “Beg Borrow and Steal”  in 2010, “American Dreamer” In 2012, and “New Works” in 2014, with her latest offering “Only Human.”

Moran pursues her exploration of mixed media collage in combinations of intaglio, digital printing, and carved wood surfaces, all relating back to core valuations established for more than a decade as an associate printmaker at the Texas Collaborative printmaking studio.

The artist offers an enjoyable mixed bag of happy urban myth, late American culture POP, with a dash of  Dada whimsy to be sure, but at the same time, the work is so well executed that one wants to stop and seriously think it all over.

Moran takes advantage of an omnipotent time frame while jumping gender fences, and looking back at “the way we were” just far enough for us to believe that the human chemistry found in her works is universal.

Moran excels at making the complex planning and process oriented work look inspired and of the moment. Her images are gleaned from the internet junk heap, vintage magazines and advertising.

Pictured: Ship To Shore, 2015,collage and mixed media on wood, 12″x 12.” (Detail above, full image below).