GLORY HOLE 2016 : Photographer Kelsey Bennett & writer Michael Bible

 

Phantasmagoric women, armed with hypodermic needles and shark fins, shimmer like holograms against tragic, mystical prose.

 

MASTER LOCK 11”x 15.5” Lenticular Print 2016 / #1-7 out of Edition of 7
 

A lineage of Saints, adopted out of the past & placed in exacting frames, slowly emerges.

 

FLOWER GIRL 11”x 15.5” Lenticular Print 2016 / #1-7 out of Edition of 7
 

Kelsey Bennett & Michael Bible give birth to a stark, potent blend of picture-book mythology & abstracted narrative and color,
pulling theme & expression from plaintiff models, dressed in gold-lame and costume drawer armor.

 

NURSE HEATHER 11”x 15.5” Lenticular Print 2016 / #1-7 out of Edition of 7

"Mother May I  is a series of lenticular prints
depicting girls trapped in a fantastical world.
With rainbow printed bedsheets as a backdrop,
they appear like sex obsessed angels,
re-envisioning my childhood conception of sexuality.  

IRIDESCENT BOX 11”x 15.5” Lenticular Print 2016 / #1-7 out of Edition of 7




DORSAL FIN 11”x 15.5” Lenticular Print 2016 / #1-7 out of Edition of 7


Sorry Saints is a collaborative installation
between myself and Michael.
His text deals with the the gnostic understanding
of female wisdom and an investigation of celestial sexuality.

 

SORRY SAINTS 11x 15.5” Lenticular Print 2016 / #1-7 out of Edition of 7


For Glory Hole, we present the two series together,
as a peep show booth/Catholic confessional hybrid —
a chapel promoting wisdom and sexuality built to
worship and recognize the profane as sacred."

– Kelsey Bennett

 

Shop artwork from Kelsey Bennett & Michael Bible HERE

All Artwork ©2016 Kelsey Bennett, courtesy of the Artist.
Photo of Kelsey Bennett & Michael Bible @GLORY HOLE by Jacqueline Verdugo / Courtesy of BFA