In 1992 a committee formed by the New York Section of the IES undertook the challenge of selecting and preserving a group of documents which had belonged to the late Richard Kelly. The works had originally been researched by a student named Philip Cialdella, who was working on his Master’s thesis at Parsons School of Design in New York. These materials were then framed and organized into an exhibit highlighting the work and philosophy of Mr. Kelly. The committee was led by lighting designers Matthew Tanteri and Renee Cooley, who also wrote all of the accompanying text.  Download PDF

Selected Works of Richard Kelly contains a total of thirty-seven framed works and photo panels which display drawings, prints and photographs and are accompanied by labels, ten explanatory text panels and a catalogue brochure. Together these materials explain Kelly’s philosophy of light and his visionary approach to fixture design, building illumination and daylighting. Many well known projects from Kelly’s impressive portfolio are included, such as, the Kimbell Museum of Fine Art and the Yale Center for British Art, Louis Kahn, architect; Philip Johnson’s Glass House and the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, Philip Johnson, architect; and the Seagram Building, Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson, architects.

The exhibit of original, museum-quality materials first opened at a gallery space in the offices of Haines, Lundberg Waehler Architects, in New York City, in May 1993. It was subsequently made available as a touring exhibit to schools and cultural institutions. It was shown in New York concurrent with Lightfair on 1994, and with the IES Annual Conference in 1995. It traveled to Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas in 2000.