370: Ryan Wilson Kelly on using humor as an entry point for narrative sculpture
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Ryan Wilson Kelly. He works in both clay and papier-mache to make figure sculptures and vessels that are theatrically staged within narrative scenes. In this interview we talk about the influence of puppetry, essentializing facial expressions, and how humor can be an entry point for narrative sculpture. For more information on Ryan visit www.ryanwilsonkelly.com.
Ryan’s exhibition Anxious Assembly is currently on display until May 30th at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia. In our interview we talk about the influence of Toby Jugs, specifically a pirate jug that lived in his grandmother’s home that he remade for the exhibition.
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