Directions is a new book containing colour and black and white images of the work of Dublin, Ireland based artist Anthony Kelly. Kelly works in a variety of media - including Painting, Printmaking and Sound.
Although diverse in construction, his work chiefly concentrates on the shifting and fragmentary nature of sensory experience. To explore this he uses the discarded or overlooked aspects of the world around us which he enlarges/amplifies to create his work. While often using found elements to begin with, Kelly encourages chance and accident to inform the making of his work up to completion. In this way paint spills in a painting or tape hiss on a sound work can become a crucial part of the finished piece. Often the layering of these 'mistakes' becomes the very fabric of the work itself. Also included in the book are related text pieces by Jay Roche, Cathal O Madagin and Thea Herold written in response to his work.
aphasia recordings has a signed limited edition of the book (only 75 copies!) which also comes with a related audio cd containing three sound pieces made in collaboration with German composer David Stalling.
