We are stardust, we are golden

James Rielly, a Welsh artist, born in 1956, regularly exhibits his works internationally and to great acclaim.

 

Rielly’s works are subtle yet inherently twisted, his use of humour and images to tell stories are a constant and are central to his art works. The psychology of the rites of passage is vital to what Rielly’s works meditate upon regularly. The hesitation between life’s transitions depicted as we consider whether adolescences is genuinely innocent in light of how we behave as adults, while allowing the possibility of a hopeful ending to our metamorphosis through the use of humor.

 

“The title for this exhibition is from a song written by Joni Mitchell in 1970. The exhibition is a series of large paintings made over the past few years, made very slowly and thoughtfully especially for Mexico. I wanted these paintings to work together as a group and to give the mood of positivity, curiosity and playfulness. I would like to believe in the words from the song, We are stardust, we are golden”.

 

Rielly’s works have been the subject of solo shows such as Sensible ways, Musee des Beaux-arts de Nates, France 1997, Centre d’art Nauchatel, Switzerland 1998, La Box, Bourges, France 2014 and Beaux-Arts de Paris, Cabinet des Dessins Jean Bonna 2015. James Rielly lives and works in Paris and South West France