Stuart Keeler is a sculptor whose work explores the territory between the public realm and the role of the artist in the built environment. His frequent work in other media, including curation, installation, sound, drawing and performance often explore the multiple histories, private functions, public mythologies while simultaneously questioning human landscapes. From the outskirts of Toronto, to urban Chicago, Paris and Munich – Keeler explores the evolving role of how art and the public can be united in subversive ways. Recently he has completed a series of works that challenge and offer multiple concepts of sustainability, “green” and the power of information systems presented in social art contexts.
“My role as an artist allows for a simple crossing of the transitional threshold of studio into the public realm.”
With this duality, in recent works Keeler investigates presented environments influenced by the languages of design, architecture and the exposure of apparent social systems and structures. These works are about a continuing dialogue between the artist and an established blend of the observational and intuitive. The end result is always open; the dialogue is expanded into the public realm and practice of everyday life.