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Kelsey Fox is a contemporary artist based in Detroit, Michigan.

She creates complex and exquisite mixed-media collages inspired by history and vintage postcards. Her work explores ideas of memory and sentimentality. She spends time at estate sales and antique shops searching for the most interesting postcards revealing personal intimacy, an emotional pull to them like notes from wars, those about lost loves, and tragic events. Kelsey looks through a nostalgic lens and works to understand the history in each card. Using magazines from the early nineteenth century, she works to shed new light and give new life to each of her pieces. Her work explores ideas of memory and sentimentality, often creating a juxtaposition between images and words that have witty meanings related to feminism, love, and sometimes dark humor.

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You can view more of her work and processes on Instagram @k.fox.art

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"My work explores nostalgia, memory, and emotion using various mixed-media forms, including collage techniques and abstract paintings. My collage work primarily uses vintage postcards that give the written words new meaning, allowing the ones who sent these postcards all those years ago a chance to speak to the contemporary world. These vintage materials have their own history and memories they bring with them, some of which are as old as the early twentieth century. The works create intimate notions in viewers by balancing design with ideas and their handmade qualities using historical materials. With my carefully curated objects, I create full narratives within each composition with additions of paint, gold leaf, and pastels. My abstract paintings primarily focus on color and texture, creating bold marks through a stream-of-consciousness experience. During the pandemic, I began diving into my creative practice, attempting to understand more about myself and make sense of the world at large. Many of my works have a dark sense of humor but always respect the materials’ origins. My work is eternally inspired by the enchanted beauty, experience, and history of the world."- Kelsey Fox