![]() Telander’s reimagining of the atelier is included in the exhibition’s expansive “Mississippi in Paris” section, which references Kelly’s upbringing in the American South and his own experience as a Black man, heightened by the display of racist memorabilia Kelly personally amassed over the years. “They were almost like a prop,” Telander points out, noting how although she was able to source Chiavari chairs in Kelly’s preferred hue of gold, the dark-red tufted seat covers were courtesy of Adalberto Castrillon from the museum’s technical team, who carefully re-created them from a photo. He used them at his shows and photo shoots, and he scattered them all over the atelier. “The challenge was to weave them in so that they are not front and center, but are still decorative and don’t look too campy,” she says.Ĭhiavari chairs were another of Kelly’s passions. To honor the abundance of flora that also warmed Kelly’s atelier, Telander’s assemblage of greenery draws from such details like the monstera leaves that his models sometimes held on the runway. When he had his shows and fittings and parties they would always be there,” she says. ![]() “He had them in every nook and cranny in a backdropped way. Newsweek reached out to the Chicago Police Department for further comment.The myriad of objects that crowded Kelly’s workspace-including fans, figurines, and postcards-immediately struck Telander. Kelly still has the option of appealing the board's decision at the Cook County Circuit Court, according to Chicago's WGN 9. The officer has faced at least 25 allegations related to his police work and nine civilian complaints. The Invisible Institute, a journalism production company from the South Side of Chicago, reported that Kelly has 62 use of force reports. "The real focus should remain on the tragic and life-changing impact Kelly's violence had on his former best friend, Michael LaPorta, who will spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair because Kelly shot him in the head." "Had the CPD implemented an early warning system, Kelly easily would have been identified as a problem officer and not have been allowed to shoot Michael LaPorta," Romanucci said.
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