Kelly Rush: Well Oiled Past

Artist Statement:

"The mission of my work is to promote the visceral.  With my pieces I want you to get a sense of a practical–yet beautiful reality. My hope is to lure you from across the room.  I want you to be seduced into asking questions ranging from the story behind the piece to the aesthetics of it. I’m interested in making clay into an object intended to deceive the viewer into believing it is the object itself: a greasy oil can well-worn and stained but has never seen a day’s work. My ceramic oil cans are made in the trompe l’oeil style, intended to give a convincing illusion of reality."

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website