Through Security
Detail of "Ground Control" by Kathryn Keller Larkins
Through Security | Kathryn Keller Larkins
April 20 - May 1, 2017
325 W Broadway
New York, NY
(between Grand and Canal)
chashama at XOCO 325 by DDG
Nearest Trains: A, C, E, N, Q, R
Open Hours: Thursdays - Sundays, 10am - 6pm*
*Due to the Opening Reception on Thursday, April 20th, "open hours" will shift to 5-8pm.
Viewable through storefront window, 24/7.
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 20, 5-8pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 22, 2-3pm
Through Security explores relationships between aircraft, power, and control. Kathryn Keller Larkins' work considers how the capacity for flight, one of humankind’s most extraordinary achievements, has become a theater for some of our greatest fears. Controversies around immigration, real and perceived terrorism threats, and policing practices have drawn eyes heavenward with new associations. These large and medium-scaled watercolors of airport landscapes and helicopters in flight ground their subjects in contemporary times. What once might have been emblems of glamour, adventure, or opportunity, here are framed by current events and become vignettes of discomfort, force, and struggle.
Will fear or faith shape us? Fight or flight? How do we move? How are we moved?
About the Artist
Kathryn Keller Larkins lives and works in New York City. She studied at the Art Students League of New York and has received recognition for her often large-scale watermedia paintings, including the Art Students League’s Fantasy Fountain Fund grant for travel (2010), the American Watercolor Society’s Mary Bryan Memorial Medal (2012), and a chashama Studio Residency (2015-present). In 2013, her work was included in North Light Books’ Splash 15: The Best of Watercolor. Larkins has exhibited her paintings across the United States, as well as in Berlin and Paris, and her works are held in private collections globally.
For more information, contact: kellerlarkins@gmail.com or visit her site: kellerlarkins.com or instagram: @kellerlarkins.
