PUBLIC ART AND THEATRE (A survey)
"[Kelly has] a passion for both the 'fictional' world of the canvas and the 'real' world of urban spaces. Kelly appears to move between them with equanimity."

Professor Ricardo Viera

 

"The Renaissance roots are still there as is the allusion to the metaphysics of deChirico and the geometric stillness of Oskar Schlemmer with whom [Kelly] also shares an interest in theatre and movement."

Robert Godfrey, catalogue introduction, Gerstman-Abdullah Gallery, Cologne, Germany`

William Kelly has participated in numerous public art, theatre, urban planning, dance and landscape projects. The following examples indicate part of this range.
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"The Tower: a monument to migration and aspirations" with Melbourne skyline. William Kelly (right) in collaboration with Peter James Matthews (left) and Susan Peacock on "Man Dancing, Dancing Man".
William Kelly has participated in numerous public art, theatre, urban planning, dance and landscape projects. The following examples indicate part of this range.

 

 

"Plaza of Fire and Light..." (Sua eta Argia Plazan: Bakezaleen lekua)
Installation to commemorate the bombing of Guernica (Gernika), Spain.