Melissa Joseph: A wide action is not a width

March 28 - May 19,2024

From Artpace: "Melissa Joseph's exhibition, A wide action is not a width, is a meditation on how information and experience are passed back and forth as we interface with each other and our environment. This installation honors her family and the city of San Antonio, where the river is a central vein that both divides the city and flows beneath its foundation. Through found objects and felt paintings, Joseph highlights untold stories and their forgotten relics. Melissa Joseph is a New York-based artist. Her work considers themes of memory, family history, and the politics of how we occupy spaces. She intentionally alludes to the labors of women, her experiences as a second-generation American, and the unique juxtapositions of diasporic life. Her work has been shown at the Delaware Contemporary, Woodmere Art Museum, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, MOCA Arlington, List Gallery at Swarthmore College, and the ICA Miami. She has been featured in Hyperallergic, Artforum, Artnet, New American Paintings, Vogue, Artillery, Le Monde, CNN, and Architectural Digest and participated in residencies including Dieu Donné, Fountainhead, the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, the Museum of Arts and Design, Artpace San Antonio, and upcoming at Greenwich House Pottery. She is a 2024 Art Production Fund Art In Focus Artist at Rockefeller Center and a regular contributor to BOMB magazine."

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