The Growlery presents: Sisters Not Twins, New works by Melissa Joseph
Exhibition Dates: August 18 - September 8th
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 18 7:00 - 10:00pm
Gallery Hours: by appointment
Location: 235 Broderick Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
In Sisters Not Twins, a collection of memory pairings by Melissa Joseph, she combines photographs from her childhood with a variety of found and handmade objects. The images, printed on Indian silks, become abstracted through folds inspired by traditional saree draping techniques. The viewer is denied access to the full image, imitating our inability to fully access our own memories and forcing us, instead, to reconstruct them with pieces of stories we have been told or have repeated to ourselves over time. Joseph pairs these folded images with objects, some of which she has held on to for years and others which she discovered during her residency at The Growlery. When constructing each piece, she intentionally considers formal relationships but also hopes that the psychological relationships between the paired artifacts evoke personal memories in the viewers as well.
About the Artist
Melissa Joseph is a Philadelphia-based artist and educator. She has degrees in art and education from NYU, FIT, RISD, and PAFA. Her art is an attempted social practice dedicated to mending and healing some of the seemingly persistent failures of civic and social infrastructure and has been shown in the PAFA Museum, The Woodmere Art Museum, Rider University, and featured in the 2018 Boston Pride Guide.
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Exhibition Dates: August 18 - September 8th
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 18 7:00 - 10:00pm
Gallery Hours: by appointment
Location: 235 Broderick Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
In Sisters Not Twins, a collection of memory pairings by Melissa Joseph, she combines photographs from her childhood with a variety of found and handmade objects. The images, printed on Indian silks, become abstracted through folds inspired by traditional saree draping techniques. The viewer is denied access to the full image, imitating our inability to fully access our own memories and forcing us, instead, to reconstruct them with pieces of stories we have been told or have repeated to ourselves over time. Joseph pairs these folded images with objects, some of which she has held on to for years and others which she discovered during her residency at The Growlery. When constructing each piece, she intentionally considers formal relationships but also hopes that the psychological relationships between the paired artifacts evoke personal memories in the viewers as well.
About the Artist
Melissa Joseph is a Philadelphia-based artist and educator. She has degrees in art and education from NYU, FIT, RISD, and PAFA. Her art is an attempted social practice dedicated to mending and healing some of the seemingly persistent failures of civic and social infrastructure and has been shown in the PAFA Museum, The Woodmere Art Museum, Rider University, and featured in the 2018 Boston Pride Guide.
The Growlery presents: Sisters Not Twins, New works by Melissa Joseph
Exhibition Dates: August 18 - September 8th
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 18 7:00 - 10:00pm
Gallery Hours: by appointment
Location: 235 Broderick Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
In Sisters Not Twins, a collection of memory pairings by Melissa Joseph, she combines photographs from her childhood with a variety of found and handmade objects. The images, printed on Indian silks, become abstracted through folds inspired by traditional saree draping techniques. The viewer is denied access to the full image, imitating our inability to fully access our own memories and forcing us, instead, to reconstruct them with pieces of stories we have been told or have repeated to ourselves over time. Joseph pairs these folded images with objects, some of which she has held on to for years and others which she discovered during her residency at The Growlery. When constructing each piece, she intentionally considers formal relationships but also hopes that the psychological relationships between the paired artifacts evoke personal memories in the viewers as well.
About the Artist
Melissa Joseph is a Philadelphia-based artist and educator. She has degrees in art and education from NYU, FIT, RISD, and PAFA. Her art is an attempted social practice dedicated to mending and healing some of the seemingly persistent failures of civic and social infrastructure and has been shown in the PAFA Museum, The Woodmere Art Museum, Rider University, and featured in the 2018 Boston Pride Guide.
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Exhibition Dates: August 18 - September 8th
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 18 7:00 - 10:00pm
Gallery Hours: by appointment
Location: 235 Broderick Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
In Sisters Not Twins, a collection of memory pairings by Melissa Joseph, she combines photographs from her childhood with a variety of found and handmade objects. The images, printed on Indian silks, become abstracted through folds inspired by traditional saree draping techniques. The viewer is denied access to the full image, imitating our inability to fully access our own memories and forcing us, instead, to reconstruct them with pieces of stories we have been told or have repeated to ourselves over time. Joseph pairs these folded images with objects, some of which she has held on to for years and others which she discovered during her residency at The Growlery. When constructing each piece, she intentionally considers formal relationships but also hopes that the psychological relationships between the paired artifacts evoke personal memories in the viewers as well.
About the Artist
Melissa Joseph is a Philadelphia-based artist and educator. She has degrees in art and education from NYU, FIT, RISD, and PAFA. Her art is an attempted social practice dedicated to mending and healing some of the seemingly persistent failures of civic and social infrastructure and has been shown in the PAFA Museum, The Woodmere Art Museum, Rider University, and featured in the 2018 Boston Pride Guide.
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