Lauren Kelley

Lauren Kelley’s animated works pairs a cast of tan plastic dolls with claymation to stage absurd, jittery and endearing narratives. True Falsetto is the Texas debut of a body of collage and animated works from Kelley’s series of short-stop-animation videos. Kelley employs humor when tinkering with ideals of youth, race and place. With a diverse cast of fleshy dolls Kelley wryly renders short stories that probe the malleable nature of innocent minds, the twisted characteristics of immature adults and the odd mechanics of self-sufficiency.