Lee Ellis

对我来说最棒的回忆是那些最微小的细节:妈妈汽车的声音、集市上食物的味道。我想许多人有同感,然而世界总是不断向我们抛来太多看起来不错、细看却截然不同的事物。
For me some of my greatest memories are the smallest details, the sound of my mother car, the smell of food at the Fair. I think many people have this same feeling, however the world constantly bombards us with an overload of things that seem great but upon closer look wasn’t what we thought at first.

大多数黑人国王创造了遗产,拼贴,布面便利贴,97x97cm,2022
Most Black Kings Create A Legacy, Collage, Post it note on canvas, 97x97cm, 2022

我把“享受小事”的想法放到作品中。拥抱群体的力量;让观看者能够近距离地观看并暂停片刻。
I attempt to bring this notion of “enjoying the little things” within my work. Embracing the power of the collective as one.

新常态,拼贴,布面便利贴,97x61cm,2022
The New Normal, Collage, Post it note on canvas, 97x61cm, 2022

我是一位在法国生活的美国艺术家。起初画粉笔壁画,为户外艺术节和博物馆绘制大型作品。2020年起转向公共艺术成分更少的艺术创作,小幅作品很吸引我。居家隔离期间开始创作的系列作品中,我把几百张便利贴和个人手绘放在画布上。前往法国之前我在家乡克利夫兰参加了第一个群展,作品曾在Voyage Ohio和一本加拿大艺术杂志上发表。我希望和更多的人分享作品,让新环境影响我的创作。

I am an American Artist currently living in France. Started working primarily as a chalk muralist creating large scale works for outdoor festivals and museums. I transition to create a less public art practice around 2020 where I found myself drawn to smaller works. After being forced inside during Quarantine I started creating a series of works now where I put hundreds of post it notes with individual drawings on to a canvas. Having my first group show being in my hometown of Cleveland before I left for France and being published in Voyage Ohio and a Canadian contemporary art magazine, I’m excited to share my work with more people and letting my new environment shape my work.