Rafael Melendez

Untitled

2024

"Untitled, 2024" Part 2 of 4 canvases is a compelling 20cm x 20cm painting skillfully crafted with acrylic paint, ink, and glass beads on hand-stretched linen. Using opaque, transl...

Rafael Melendez's "Blue Complex" is a unique and captivating 2003 drawing that embodies the multifaceted essence of the East Village in New York City during the early 2000s. "Blue Complex" is a small-scale drawing measuring only 30cm x 15cm. Despite its smaller size, the vibrant blues used in the piece and the faint grey sky background horizon give the drawing a magnetic allure that draws the viewer's eye. The small scale of the drawing creates an opportunity for unique display and installation potential. "Blue Complex" would look stunning in a minimal oversized wooden frame...

Introducing "Memory Incubator" by Rafael Melendez - A Captivating Fusion of Artistic Styles and Symbolism Step into the mesmerizing realm of "Memory Incubator," a thought-provoking ...

Blackheart's Rave, 2019, Collage, Mixed media: Marker, Pencil, Drawing, Acrylic and Watercolour on gessoed shopping bag mounted on archival museum board in a Street Art styled bespoke oak wood frame. , 93.2 x 63.2 . 3.5 centimetres total dimension This Rave Dance club-inspired artwork takes the energy found in New York City's nightlife. Rafael Melendez - July 2022 Rafael Melendez (b.1970, USA) renders motifs from high past art with self-taught experimental techniques to produce an unexpected and highly unique visual language riddled with esoteric symbolism. The figures that inhabit his paintings are born from a desire to understand 'abnormal' worldviews, such as Outsider Art, transgressive fiction, and metaphysics. In a constantly evolving practice encompassing drawing, collage, and painting, Melendez strives to visualize/express a moment of unity between beauty and that which doesn't make sense. Melendez starts out as an installation and video artist in 1990s San Francisco. As a student for internationally acclaimed writer Kathy Acker and conceptual artist Nayland Blake...

Rave Sister X, a vibrant watercolour painting on gessoed paper created in 2020, captures the essence of a dance trance in a mesmerizing and abstract manner. This monochromatic artwor...

Introducing "Emoship," a captivating painting by the esteemed American artist Rafael Melendez, renowned for infusing existentialism and profound meanin...

"Prelude" Painting 75" x 75" inch by Ahmed Gaafary To begin this description, let me start with this question: Is it the internal side of things that is more important or is it wha...

"Streetplant" Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas 70" x 63" inch by Erik White Loose canvas. Ships rolled.

"Mind Paradise" Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas 61" x 35" inch by Erik White Loose canvas. Ships rolled.

"Call of the Wild" Painting 79" x 71" inch by Ahmed Gaafary To begin this description, let me start with this question: Is it the internal side of th...

"Breakwater" Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas 59" x 53" inch by Erik White Loose canvas. Ships rolled.

"Untitled" Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas 44" x 39" inch by Erik White Loose canvas. Ships rolled.