Ellsworth Kelly at 100
Glenstone Museum
documentary, digital series, 2023
In celebration of the centennial of American artist Ellsworth Kelly, Glenstone Museum is presenting an ambitious career-spanning exhibition ‘Ellsworth Kelly at 100’ exploring his vast contributions to abstraction. In a series of three films, we remember Kelly’s legacy and joyful nature.
CREDITS
DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY
Rafael Salazar Moreno and Ava Wiland
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
Rafael Salazar Moreno and Daryl Pittman
EDITOR
Russell Yaffe and Rafael Salazar Moreno
ASSISTANT CAMERA & GRIP
Kevin Marshall and Daryl Pittman
COLORIST, SOUND DESIGN & MIX
Russell Yaffe
POST COORDINATOR
Danielle Davis
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE
Courtesy of Roger Sherman
MUSIC
Tony Anderson, Zachary David, Steven Gutheinz, John Arndt, Chad Lawson, Brendan Eder Ensemble
LOCATION SOUND MIXERS
Zachary Trees, Aaron Webster
DIGITAL CONTENT PRODUCER, GLENSTONE MUSEUM
Kevin McDonald
CURATED BY
Yuri Stone and Emily Rales
A poetic tribute to the late Ellsworth Kelly’s ‘Yellow Curve’, first conceived in 1990 and re-fabricated at Glenstone per his exact specifications in 2023, bringing a ray of golden sunshine to the museum gallery.
Ellsworth Kelly reminisces (in an interview with the documentary eminence Roger Sherman) on being inspired by nature from a young age and his attraction to shape, ‘flatness’ and abstraction in color.
"Ellsworth Kelly at 100" presents an overview of the late American abstract painter, known for bold forms of color and shaped canvases. With over 95,000 visitors in 2023, the exhibition will soon travel to Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris where it will be on view May through September 2024. Next, it will travel to M7 in Doha, marking the first presentation of Kelly’s work in the Gulf region.