Senior Critic Mary Reid Kelley will be opening a show this week at SUNY in New Paltz, NY

Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley, Still from The Syphilis of Sisyphus

University of Pennsylvania Senior Critic Mary Reid Kelley will be opening a show this week at SUNY in New Paltz, NY with husband and collaborator Patrick Kelley.

The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibitionMary Reid Kelley: Working Objects and Videos. The exhibition opens to the public on Wednesday, January 22, with a public opening reception to be held on Saturday, February 8.

The exhibition will be the first museum exhibition devoted to the finely crafted and researched costumes, objects, furniture, and drawings that Reid Kelley creates for her acclaimed videos. These working objects reveal the artist as an exemplar of the contemporary impulse to work across and synthesize art media.Mary Reid Kelley: Working Objects and Videos is organized by Daniel Belasco, the Dorsky Museum's curator of exhibitions and programs. The artist and her collaborator, Patrick Kelley, will give a public gallery talk on Sunday, March 2, at 2pm.

On View: January 22–April 13, 2014
Gallery Talk: March 2, 2pm

Reception: Feb 8

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
SUNY New Paltz
New Paltz, NY 12561