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Melanie Pullen Art

American, b. 1975
Born in New York City in 1975, Melanie Pullen is a self-taught fine-art photographer raised in a family of photojournalists, publishers, and artists. Growing up within the halls of the famed Hotel Chelsea, Pullen was immersed in this avant-garde setting, which greatly informed her artistic practice. Bi-coastal from an early age, Melanie spent her formative years between New York City and Los Angeles. Pullen’s work focuses extensively on both social values and taboos while purposely taking aim at the media’s exploitation of sex, gender, and violence. Pullen herself has noted that she targets society’s obsessive glamorization by literally re-dressing what are deeply disturbing events, forcing the viewer to question their own values and observations. Her photography has been shown in major museums and galleries internationally: it is permanently in the holdings of many of the most prominent public and private collections around the world: Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Jacksonville, Florida; The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California; Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico; Howard Stein & the Forward Thinking Collection, New York, New York; Walker Art Center Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota; The Rand Collection, Santa Monica, California. Most recently the Getty Museum acquired several pieces from her High Fashion Crime Scenes which now reside in their permanent collection after being included in their exhibition: Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography. Pullen’s work has been featured in a number of publications including: The New York Times, T Magazine; Los Angeles Times; Vogue; Esquire Magazine; ELLE; London’s Independent; Spin Magazine; W Magazine; Flaunt Magazine; 1814 Magazine; Rolling Stone Magazine and Vanity Fair. Melanie Pullen has published three photography books, two with Nazraeli Press, the other with Kodansha. Melanie was awarded the D&D Yellow Pencil Award in 2007. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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By Melanie Pullen 1

Located in Santa Monica, CA

In “High Fashion Crime Scenes,” Pullen focuses on the violent past of Los Angeles, specifically crimes occurring in the 1940s and 1950s. The composition of the works in this series is based on vintage...

Category

2010s Contemporary Melanie Pullen Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled (Metro series, High Fashion Crime Scenes)
Untitled (Metro series, High Fashion Crime Scenes)

Untitled (Metro series, High Fashion Crime Scenes)

By Melanie Pullen 1

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Melanie Pullen explores our desensitization to violence and its glamorization, especially involving women, through dramatic recreations of actual crime scenes and images depicting ou...

Category

Early 2000s Post-Modern Melanie Pullen Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Inkjet

The Watcher (Voyeur series)
The Watcher (Voyeur series)

The Watcher (Voyeur series)

By Melanie Pullen 1

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Melanie Pullen explores our desensitization to violence and its glamorization, especially involving women, through dramatic recreations of actual crime scenes and images depicting ou...

Category

2010s Post-Modern Melanie Pullen Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Inkjet

Voyeur #1 (Voyeur Series)

Voyeur #1 (Voyeur Series)

By Melanie Pullen 1

Located in Santa Monica, CA

“I’m continuously creating imagery that questions our perceptions and our ingrained desire to observe the forbidden, to find beauty where we shouldn’t and to glamorize violence.” - M...

Category

2010s Post-Modern Melanie Pullen Art

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Pigment

She Sees Everything (Voyeur Series)
She Sees Everything (Voyeur Series)

She Sees Everything (Voyeur Series)

By Melanie Pullen 1

Located in Santa Monica, CA

“I’m continuously creating imagery that questions our perceptions and our ingrained desire to observe the forbidden, to find beauty where we shouldn’t and to glamorize violence.” - M...

Category

2010s Post-Modern Melanie Pullen Art

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Watcher, in Red (Voyeur Series)
Watcher, in Red (Voyeur Series)

Watcher, in Red (Voyeur Series)

By Melanie Pullen 1

Located in Santa Monica, CA

“I’m continuously creating imagery that questions our perceptions and our ingrained desire to observe the forbidden, to find beauty where we shouldn’t and to glamorize violence.” - M...

Category

2010s Post-Modern Melanie Pullen Art

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Pigment

The Stalker (Voyeur Series)
The Stalker (Voyeur Series)

The Stalker (Voyeur Series)

By Melanie Pullen 1

Located in Santa Monica, CA

“I’m continuously creating imagery that questions our perceptions and our ingrained desire to observe the forbidden, to find beauty where we shouldn’t and to glamorize violence.” - M...

Category

2010s Post-Modern Melanie Pullen Art

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Pigment

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