ROSE FINN-KELCEY
FRIEZE MASTERS 2023
11 - 15 October 2023
Kate MacGarry and the Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey are delighted to present key conceptual works by Rose Finn-Kelcey (1945-2014) from the 1970-80s at Frieze Masters 2023.
Working in a variety of mediums, Finn-Kelcey’s work explored the relationship between the subjective and the personal: several of her works were staged in public spaces, ranging from broadcasting corporations to churches, energy suppliers and government buildings.
Finn-Kelcey’s early work in the 1970s was predominantly performance-based. It was important to her that art should be seen by, and engage with, the life around it. Engagement implied that the artist should be involved with or should be a part of the work itself and meant that her pieces from this period were often ephemeral.