Author Archives: melissa

Originally published October 20, 2009 by New York Press Something In The Water A fantastical gallery opens on a ho-hum NYU block The Esopus Creek is a renowned trout fishing stream that flows through the Catskill Mountains into the Ashokan … Continue reading →

Originally published July 8, 2009 by New York Press Summer in New York is long, slow, hot and brutal—especially for art galleries. Many of the people who might actually buy something are out of town, and the traditional tourist is … Continue reading →

Originally published Tuesday, June 23, 2009 by New York Press LET’S GET THE obvious question out of the way: A “snatch block” is the part of a crane that the hook is attached to. Given that the co-owners and curators … Continue reading →

Originally published Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by New York Press In the No, a thought-provoking exhibition at Edlin Gallery, challenges some of our basic assumptions about outsider artists. The mythology is that outsider artists exist in a state of “not … Continue reading →

Originally published Monday, March 9, 2009 by New York Press The work of Penny Rockwell, currently showing at Pavel Zoubock Gallery, is harrowing, intimate, sad and beautiful. She has documented with painful honesty the progression of a psychotic break that … Continue reading →

Originally published Tuesday, December 30, 2008 by New York Press By Melissa Stern The current exhibition at Hebrew Union College Gallery seems particularly apt for 2008. Envisioning Maps is a giddy investigation of maps and more interestingly, the underlying concept … Continue reading →

Originally published Wednesday, November 12, 2008 in New York Press By Melissa Stern A bizarre menagerie of creatures has come to roost at Greenwich House Pottery. A venerable institution not known for experimental or conceptual exhibitions, its current show will … Continue reading →

Originally published Wednesday, October 8, 2008 in New York Press By Melissa Stern “SELF-PORTRAIT (OCTOPUS Head)” doesn’t sound like it would be beautiful. But thanks to the beautiful, nutty work of Tokyo-born, Brooklyn-based artist Kako Ueda, a human head,grafted onto … Continue reading →

Originally published June 18, 2008 by New York Press Chelsea, home to some of the most self-important, pretentious, even grim artwork these days, is currently host to an exhibition that is so beguiling and delightful that even the gallery guards … Continue reading →

Originally published February 27, 2008 by New York Press Whenever I visit Williamsburg I feel transported to a different time and place—a rough-and-tumble college town somewhere in America about 10 years ago. Sometimes annoying, often refreshing, it’s always a relief … Continue reading →