New York Close Up
Bushwick
11.16.10
09:00am
Keltie Ferris--Artist
So that’s the title of this painting. All exclamation points.
That’s obviously my name, that’s me. Date.
And the...the arrow for up. [LAUGHS]
Less someone hang it upside down.
"Keltie Ferris Has A Show"
10:00am
CHAD JONES: This is actually your work?
KELTIE: Yeah, yeah.
I like that briefcase.
CHAD: Wow, these are really exciting paintings.
KELTIE: Oh, thank you.
Chad Jones--ArtCrater
CHAD: What’s the verdict on the...the relative...forgive the expression, tackiness.
KELTIE: Yeah, yeah [LAUGHS].
Yeah, that’s like the tiniest bit tacky but I think we’re...oh, okay, let’s...let’s shadowbox this one and the rest is fine.
CHAD: When’s the opening?
KELTIE: Thursday.
CHAD: Exciting.
KELTIE: I know I am excited.
CHAD: Just take this from me. Got a blade with it?
KELTIE: Oh that’s smart!
They’re good at doing what they’re supposed to do and then I just sort of stand here. [LAUGHS]
For like three hours.
Basically the whole point of this was I talked...to sort of figure out what I could fit into the show and....
It was an argument tool to convince my gallerist to knock out a wall, which he was very sweet and did for me.
It’s kind of cool, you can like imagine like a person walking through there, you know.
CHAD: Make sure that we can get out the door.
FORREST COMAY: Going down.
03:00pm
[TRUCK STARTING]
Chelsea
03:30pm
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Sean Horton--Gallerist
04:30pm
This is a lot to look at.
Yeah, absolutely.
And that yellow thing.
She mixed in graphite or she used a graphite type paint so there’s a slight shimmer to the black as well.
You weren't going to put this in the show?
No, I just opened it for you guys.
Zoë & Joel Dictow--Collectors.
Cool. All right, wonderful to see you. Great to see you. We’ll talk soon.
05:15pm
So you go first.
KELTIE: Oh my god, that looks great!
SEAN: Yeah, but the heights are off.
KELTIE: Yeah, the heights are off.
SEAN: Yeah, but I think the height on....
KELTIE: It's alright. We can fix that.
SEAN: What do you think about these two? Seems to feel right, right?
KELTIE: I hate doing this.
SEAN: Maxine to you want to help me just take this one down?
All right, well I’ll get my team of installers on this.
KELTIE: Stop. [LAUGHS]
NICK RAVICH: Happiness?
KELTIE: Yeah. Oh, I’m definitely really happy, yeah. I mean I have to...
I don’t know. I just went and saw the Rauschenberg show and that was a lot better. [LAUGHS]
Than this show. [LAUGHS]
I probably shouldn’t say it but, I’m being a little facetious but uh, yeah, I kind of have to just be in here for a while actually before I really know what it looks like. If that makes any sense.