“I had developed in Paris, and I wasn’t that keen on tachisme or the French painters. I wanted to do something that I hadn’t really seen yet. You know, let’s find something that… I see in fragments. I mean, here’s a yellow, there’s a blue, and I see things like that… and it hits me and then… I have to do it.” —Ellsworth Kelly
Happy upcoming birthday to Ellsworth Kelly, born on May 31, 1923!
From NewYorkMakers:
New York States of Mind visited the Hudson Valley studio of internationally renowned American painter, sculptor and printmaker, Ellsworth Kelly. Ellsworth joined his longtime friend, Agnes Gund, president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), for a conversation about art, life, their friendship and the colors and energy of New York (both City and State).