Study, 2011
salvaged adhesive vinyl, 36" x 29"
courtesy the artist and Diaz Contemporary
estimate $1,300 framed
Kelly Jazvac’s works aspire to be mass-produced luxury consumer goods, and accordingly, they share a slick and glossy aesthetic. However, they are also handmade with materials that are accessible, yet unconventional. The result is a unique strangeness that elicits questions about consumption and creation, needs and desires, surface and quality, and above all, value. These objects, like any consumer product, have the ability to both delight and disappoint, depending, of course, on one’s expectations. Jazvac creates a space for those expectations to be confronted and perhaps, reformulated. - Diaz Contemporary
Kelly Jazvac works primarily in sculpture and installation. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently including i8 Gallery in Reykjavik, Soi Fischer in Vancouver, Diaz Contemporary in Toronto, Blackwood Gallery in Mississauga, the Khyber ICA in Halifax and Atelierhof Kreuzberg in Berlin. She is currently based in London where she teaches sculpture at the University of Western Ontario. Jazvac is represented by Diaz Contemporary.
