Author Archives: melissa

Originally published February 6, 2008 by New York Press What do you do when you read the press release for an exhibition, study the catalogue with Talmudic intensity and still can’t figure out what the purpose of the show is? … Continue reading →

Originally published November 21, 2007 by New York Press The current exhibition at Anna Kustera Gallery, Friday, is a sly, dark and compelling retelling of the Passion of Christ. The paintings and mixed-media sculptures by Sean Mellyn are both sacred … Continue reading →

Originally published October 31, 2007 by New York Press You know you’re in trouble when there are more press people at an art opening than anyone else. Such was the situation Saturday night at The Proposition gallery in Chelsea. It … Continue reading →

Originally published October 24, 2007 by New York Press Tom Otterness’ sculptures work on several levels at once—the blend of the innocence and corruption in his world is so funny and so dark—and the fact that he’s managed to place … Continue reading →

Originally published September 26, 2007 by New York Press Fahamu Pecou is leering at us from the rarified cover of Arte Magazine. At least that’s how the Brooklyn-born artist paints himself in the large-scale portraits of his alter ego, “Art … Continue reading →