Open Sessions Artist 2016-18: Arnold Kemp . “My work takes advantage of an impure aesthetic, incorporating high and low culture, while foregrounding practices that probe collective fictions of person and personality.” - Arnold Kemp . Arnold Kemp lives and works in Chicago. His work has been shown at PDX Contemporary, Portland; Chisenhale Gallery, London; and the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem. . Open Sessions is a two-year program which provides opportunities for selected artists to contextualize work and ideas through exhibitions, public programs, and critical dialogue, organized by Rosario Güiraldes and Lisa Sigal, Open Sessions Curators. . #OpenSessionsTDC #ArnoldKemp arnoldjosephkemp Image: Arnold Kemp, “Headless”, 2015. Rubber latex, lemon peel, oil paint, welded steel. 8.5 x 11 inches.