Keltie Ferris Has a Show | “New York Close Up“ | Art21

When does a painting stop being a private object and start becoming a public work? In this film, artist Keltie Ferris prepares for her show “KF CM 4EVER“ (2010) by crating a new series of paintings in her Bushwick studio, shipping the work across town in a van, and installing the exhibition at Horton Gallery in Chelsea—all in the same day. The artist and a team of art handlers shadowbox a “tacky“ painting and roll a second painting that’s too large to fit through the studio door. As the paintings are move