WHAT REMAINS KELLIE TALBOT
Talbot’s family in front of Alfonso Tocco Grocery Store in the “Garlic Gulch,” Rainier Valley, WA, early 20th century
KELLIE TALBOT W HAT R E M A I N S N OVE M B E R 2 - 27, 2021 “Th is b o dy of work focuses solely on S ea t t le, w h ich h a s b een my fa m ily’s h om etown fo r more th an one-hund red yea rs. Pa r t of my fa mily im migra ted h ere f rom I ta ly in t he e arly 1 9 00s, i ni t i a lly set t li ng i n th e Ra in ier Va lley, w h ich a t t h e t im e h a d s uch a de ns ity o f I ta li a n i mmi gra nt s i t beca m e k n ow n a s ‘G a rlic G ulch .’ T h e ot h er s id e of my fam ily ca me to S ea t t le duri ng W W I I to work in t h e s h ipya rd s . Crea t in g t h is ex h ibitio n i nspi red me to d i scover— a n d red is cover —s ign s in my ow n b a ck ya rd , bri ngi ng me closer to my ow n fa mily h istory a n d t h a t of my cit y. Seattl e h as undergone dra ma t i c chan ges in t h e pa st t wen t y- five, fif t y a n d on e- h un d re d y ears. I n just my li fet i me, i t ha s t ra n s formed f rom a n un d erd og b a ck wa ter to a n e c onom ic center on t he world stage. But t h is exh ib it ion is more t h a n n osta lgia fo r a h ometow n. It i s a n exa mi na t i on of w h a t h a s b een lef t a s s ym b ols in our s k ylin e by th o s e w h o have gone before us, a nd it is a con s id era t ion of w h a t w ill rema in a f ter o u r work i s d on e.” - Kellie Ta lb ot “. . . Kel l ie Ta lbot bri ngs t he smell of ga s a n d t h e ta n g of rust to t h e room in h er la rge oil s on c anva s t ha t d epi ct t he pee lin g pa in t , n eon t ub es a n d flickerin g b ulb s of t he A me ric an d rea m. Sta ki ng out old s ign s , d erelict fa ctories , a n d rust b elt b ea ut y, s he l ovingly re crea tes t hei r every detail, h on orin g a n d pres er v in g t h em in pa in t in gs t hat are bot h por t ra i t s a nd memento mori. . .” —S a rra S ch erb / Weave M a ga zin e
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Blue Moon Tavern, 36 x 48 in, Oil on canvas, SOLD
Comet Tavern, 36 x 72 in, Oil on canvas, SOLD
Small Lockspot, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, $1,100.00
Small Fiddler, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, SOLD
5 Spot, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, $1,100.00
Small Sloop, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, $1,100.00
Vintage photograph of Elephant Car Wash
Small Elephant, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, SOLD
Cadillac Hotel, 36 x 48 in, Oil on canvas, $5,200.00
Ballroom, 40 x 30 in, Oil on canvas, SOLD
Chop Suey, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, $1,100.00
Small Comet, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, SOLD
Sun Cleaners, 24 x 24 in, Oil on canvas, SOLD
Virginia Inn, 24 x 48 in, Oil on canvas, SOLD
Rooms, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, $1,100.00
Small Ballroom, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, $1,100.00
Vintage photograph of Seattle Post Intelligencer
Post Intelligencer, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, SOLD
Eat, 24 x 24 in, Oil on canvas, $1,800.00
Crab, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, SOLD
Fish, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, $1,100.00
Lockspot Cafe, 30 x 40 in, Oil on canvas, SOLD
Vintage photograph of Bardahl
Green Lake, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, SOLD
Bardahl, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, $1,100.00
Two Bit, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, $1,100.00
Small Blue Moon, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, SOLD
Vacancy, 24 x 48 in, Oil on canvas, SOLD
Elephant Car Wash, 40 x 60 in, Oil on canvas, SOLD
Sloop Tavern, 48 x 48 in, Oil on canvas, SOLD
Buckaroo, 12 x 12 in, Oil panel, SOLD
Mike’s Chili, 12 x 12 in, Oil on panel, SOLD
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