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Melissa DadourianPortrait of Nut / Goddess No. 12020
2020
$3,220
£2,472.82
€2,833.82
CA$4,532.96
A$5,077.92
CHF 2,646.06
MX$61,940.17
NOK 33,625.36
SEK 31,706.32
DKK 21,150.88
About the Item
Hand-machine knitted thread, fluid acrylic on dyed fabric
Statement
My work is at the intersection of painting, object making, and immersive installation. I use various materials such as vintage threads, hand-dyed fabrics, burlap, canvas, paint, and repurposed curtains. These materials are my tools for seeing the world. Through shape, color, and texture, in tandem with beauty, humor, and decoration, I expose my own personal fascination with domesticity. Thread and fabric evoke nuanced associations and connections, conjuring illusions of protection or creating ephemeral boundaries. Prompting form, curves, drooping and dangling strings to appear weightless, I embrace the potential for unraveling and the vibrancy of color to spill and unfold as something uncontainable. It is here, in this tension, that I allow contradictions to coexist. What is soft is also firm. What is loose is also tight. What is masculine is also feminine. Positioned within the realm of abstract painting and the supports/surfaces movement, my work invites viewers to immerse themselves in a new world—one that is simultaneously strange and strangely familiar. Within these compositions, I go beyond traditional painting, pushing the boundaries of what a painting can actually be.
Bio
Melissa Dadourian is a Hudson Valley and Brooklyn based artist. She received a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Hunter College. She has been awarded residencies and fellowships at Dieu Donné, MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Hewnoaks, Textile Arts Center, American Academy in Rome and Citè Internationale des Artes in Paris. Dadourian has exhibited internationally including New York, Chicago, Connecticut, Texas, Armenia, and Brazil. Recently she has been included in exhibitions at Gold/montclair*, NJ; L’Space, NYC; the Dorsky Museum, NY; MoCA Westport, CT; ACCEA/Yerevan, Armenia; JEFF Marfa, TX; Albany Airport, NY; Cedar Crest College, PA; and the University of Buffalo, NY; forthcoming inclusion in exhibitions at Private Public and Susan Eley Galleries in Hudson, NY as well as Bravin Lee Projects in NYC.
Melissa Dadourian uses materials such as vintage threads, hand-dyed fabrics, burlap, canvas, paint and repurposed curtains as her tools for seeing the world. Textiles allow her to go beyond traditional mediums and push the boundaries of what a painting can be. Three of her works in Talking Threads refer to Nut, the Egyptian Goddess of the sky and heavens. Dadourian comments: “The power of belief and reverence is something I think about when making my work. The idea that an image can be seen as transformative is fascinating to me.” In Egyptian myths, the sun god Ra traveled through Nut; she swallowed him at night and then gave birth to him every morning. For Dadourian, thread and fabric evoke nuanced associations and connections, conjuring illusions of protection or creating ephemeral boundaries. Her work often contains contradictory elements, such as softness/firmness, looseness/tightness and masculine/feminine.
Exhibited in "Talking Threads," Susan Eley Fine Art, Hudson, NY
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