Mitchell Kehe

Lives and works in Queens, NY, USA

Artist statement

Mitchell Kehe’s paintings operate within a unique set of formal parameters, constructed of traditional and non-traditional materials on panels and stretched fabric. Not unlike the surface of a bowl of soup, Kehe’s paintings describe more of a condition than an image. Elements can be seen beginning to come together to form an enigmatic shape, figure, or symbol. Like a child transfixed by the workings of his own digestive system, we wonder what intelligent force, energy, or economy might lie beneath the surface. And yet, the paintings do not, in themselves, make explicit reference to an extrinsic idea. Like a ringing bell, they tell you only and exactly what they are.

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