Melissa Vandenberg http://www.melissavandenberg.com Melissa Vandenberg Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:17:05 +0000 http://www.melissavandenberg.com en Middleland → Drawings http://www.melissavandenberg.com/Middleland-Drawings http://www.melissavandenberg.com/following/melissavandenberg.com/Middleland-Drawings Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:17:05 +0000 Melissa Vandenberg 642917 Landscape has a long tradition as muse. Its ability to inspire artists, writers, musicians and scientists equals that of many other creative catalysts. It is as much a concept as it is a painting, place or view. Landscape is now a manufactured part of human existence, becoming ever more difficult to find untouched geographies. With that acknowledgment, it becomes our responsibility to evaluate the way in which we touch and, in turn, affect our landscape. Out of this evolves the Middleland Project. Middleland physically explores a series of “border states” in the central US along with the accompanying landscape for American identity. These are not your usual border states; semantically they are an amalgamation of the Heartland, the Midwest, the Bible Belt, just south of the Rust Belt and flanking the Mason-Dixon Divide. They provide a rich yet fractured history as ideologies are constantly challenged from the surrounding North and South. Every region has a dialect of visual adornment, exemplifying a particular region’s prevailing belief system. This distinctiveness is reflected in the landscape, monuments and memorials born of the core values and communities responsible for erecting them. My intention is to document this region’s distinctive identity through a series of photos, drawings, paintings and sculptures. The Middleland itinerary travels an oblong oval through Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Indiana. The route favors state and local roads, avoiding freeways and other generic thoroughfares. The specific route and precise destinations are heavily outlined with flexibility designed into the 3,300 mile trek. As a studio artist currently exploring American iconography and nationalism, the objective is to seek regional clues to serve as subject(s) within the resulting artworks. More info at my Middleland blog. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/AMeasureOf.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="381" width_o="500" height_o="381" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/AMeasureOf_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/BreedingProsperity.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="335" width_o="500" height_o="335" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/BreedingProsperity_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/RightOrLeft_Part1.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="659" width_o="500" height_o="659" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/RightOrLeft_Part1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/RightOrLeft_Part2.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="666" width_o="500" height_o="666" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/RightOrLeft_Part2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/Untitled(FlagStudy).jpg" border="0" width="500" height="335" width_o="500" height_o="335" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/Untitled(FlagStudy)_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/Untitled(FlagStudy2).jpg" border="0" width="500" height="335" width_o="500" height_o="335" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/642917/Untitled(FlagStudy2)_o.jpg" align="left" /> Archive http://www.melissavandenberg.com/Archive-1 http://www.melissavandenberg.com/following/melissavandenberg.com/Archive-1 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:18:00 +0000 Melissa Vandenberg 308784 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/student 054.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="445" width_o="2048" height_o="1361" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/student 054_o.jpg" align="left" /> Spoonful of Sugar, mixed media installation, 2006 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC_1979.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1007" width_o="2000" height_o="3008" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC_1979_o.JPG" align="left" /> detail Spoonful of Sugar <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC_1994.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1041" width_o="1886" height_o="2931" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC_1994_o.JPG" align="left" /> detail Spoonful of Sugar <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DCP_219.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DCP_219_o.JPG" align="left" /> Stir Crazy, mixed media installation, 2004 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DCP_224.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DCP_224_o.JPG" align="left" /> detail Stir Crazy <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DCP_227.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1005" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DCP_227_o.JPG" align="left" /> detail Stir Crazy <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC01916.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="868" width_o="1767" height_o="2291" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC01916_o.JPG" align="left" /> Siamese Twins, mixed media, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC01896.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="978" width_o="1325" height_o="1935" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC01896_o.JPG" align="left" /> detail Siamese Twins <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC01900.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC01900_o.JPG" align="left" /> detail Siamese Twins <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/02030009_MOD.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="933" width_o="1019" height_o="1420" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/02030009_MOD_o.jpg" align="left" /> Company, mixed media, 2002 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/Stella.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1010" width_o="1024" height_o="1544" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/Stella_o.jpg" align="left" /> Stella, mixed media, 2002 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC01149.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="585" width_o="2048" height_o="1790" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/DSC01149_o.JPG" align="left" /> Resident, mixed media, 2004 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img007_0002_Layer 3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1005" width_o="1059" height_o="1589" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img007_0002_Layer 3_o.jpg" align="left" /> Abacus (Breed Series), wood, rope, silicone, 1999 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img007_0003_Layer 4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1005" width_o="1062" height_o="1593" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img007_0003_Layer 4_o.jpg" align="left" /> Bride (Breed Series), wood, rope, metal, 2000 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img008_0000_Layer 1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1004" width_o="1066" height_o="1599" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img008_0000_Layer 1_o.jpg" align="left" /> Untitled (Match Drawings Series), burn on paper, 1999 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img008_0001_Layer 2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1005" width_o="1059" height_o="1589" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img008_0001_Layer 2_o.jpg" align="left" /> Untitled (Match Drawings Series), burn on paper, 1999 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/curitorial - research 118_MOD.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="424" width_o="947" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/curitorial - research 118_MOD_o.jpg" align="left" /> Brush Shoes, mixed media, 2003 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/curitorial - research 120_MOD.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="471" width_o="900" height_o="633" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/curitorial - research 120_MOD_o.jpg" align="left" /> Spring Shoes, mixed media, 2003 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/curitorial - research 121_MOD.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="437" width_o="918" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/curitorial - research 121_MOD_o.jpg" align="left" /> Wheel Shoes, mixed media, 2003 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img007_0000_Layer 1_5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="787" width_o="1062" height_o="1248" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img007_0000_Layer 1_5_o.jpg" align="left" /> Pedestal, wood, 1999 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img007_0001_Layer 2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1592" height_o="1061" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308784/img007_0001_Layer 2_o.jpg" align="left" /> Pedestal(s), wood, 1999 Soft Power http://www.melissavandenberg.com/Soft-Power http://www.melissavandenberg.com/following/melissavandenberg.com/Soft-Power Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:17:07 +0000 Melissa Vandenberg 308780 Soft Power is an on going series of drawings, photographs and sculptures that coincide with the Middleland Project. The initial Soft Power exhibit was hosted at Halcyon Contemporary Art Gallery in Terre Haute, IN in May of 2009. It gained its title from the internal references to nationalism, patriotism and current events through a use of flags, stars, fabrics, food and mushroom clouds. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Crop Circle.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="542" width_o="2048" height_o="1657" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Crop Circle_o.JPG" align="left" /> Crop Circle, yarn, latch hook, 2010 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Did you think of a meaning when you gave me my name.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="792" width_o="2048" height_o="2420" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Did you think of a meaning when you gave me my name_o.JPG" align="left" /> Did you think of a meaning when you gave me my name?, yarn, latch hook, 2008 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/detail_.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/detail__o.JPG" align="left" /> detail Did you think of a meaning… <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_2496.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1007" width_o="2048" height_o="3078" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_2496_o.jpg" align="left" /> Endless Surrender, fabric, aluminum, wood, 2008 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4629.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="926" width_o="2048" height_o="2832" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4629_o.JPG" align="left" /> Soft & Absolute, ink, watercolor, pencil on paper, 2008 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4656.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="448" width_o="2048" height_o="1370" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4656_o.JPG" align="left" /> Relinquish, acrylic, pencil on paper, 2008 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4670.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4670_o.jpg" align="left" /> Surrender Flag, nail polish, gouche, watercolor, pencil on paper, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4683.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="637" width_o="2048" height_o="1947" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4683_o.JPG" align="left" /> Trading Options (Siamese Flag), watercolor, pencil on paper, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4707.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="454" width_o="2048" height_o="1390" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4707_o.JPG" align="left" /> Tyranny, lead tape, pencil on paper, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4767.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="448" width_o="2048" height_o="1370" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4767_o.JPG" align="left" /> Golden Mean, star stickers, pencil on paper, 2008 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4782.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="448" width_o="2048" height_o="1371" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4782_o.JPG" align="left" /> White on White, colored pencil, pencil on paper, 2008 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4790.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="462" width_o="2048" height_o="1412" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4790_o.JPG" align="left" /> Silence is Golden, colored pencil, pencil on paper, 2008 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4801.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_4801_o.JPG" align="left" /> America is waiting (for a message of one sort or another), watercolor, acrylic on paper, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_0307_2.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_0307_2_o.JPG" align="left" /> Enlightenment, digital photograph, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_2190.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_2190_o.JPG" align="left" /> Left of Center, digital photograph, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_2401.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_2401_o.JPG" align="left" /> Grief, digital photograph, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_3147.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="448" width_o="2048" height_o="1370" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_3147_o.JPG" align="left" /> Buddha, digital photograph, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_3363.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_3363_o.JPG" align="left" /> Dooien, digital photograph, 2008 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_3807.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1001" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_3807_o.JPG" align="left" /> Waif & Stray II, digital photograph, 2008 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_3942.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_3942_o.JPG" align="left" /> Waif & Stray I, digital photograph, 2008 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_5012.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="448" width_o="2048" height_o="1370" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_5012_o.JPG" align="left" /> Untitled, digital photograph, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_6198.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="448" width_o="2048" height_o="1370" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_6198_o.JPG" align="left" /> Untitled, digital photograph, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_6024.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_6024_o.jpg" align="left" /> Age of Innocence, book, mixed media, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_6144.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_6144_o.jpg" align="left" /> detail Age of Innocence <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_6038.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="842" width_o="2048" height_o="2575" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_6038_o.JPG" align="left" /> Winds of Change, mixed media, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_6140.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="1000" width_o="2048" height_o="3059" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/DSC_6140_o.JPG" align="left" /> Mercenaries, mixed media, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/P3201321.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1208" width_o="1770" height_o="3192" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/P3201321_o.jpg" align="left" /> Totem, cardboard, lights, fabric, 2007 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/P3201283_MOD.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="675" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/P3201283_MOD_o.jpg" align="left" /> detail Totem <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Bird_MOD.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="741" width_o="813" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Bird_MOD_o.jpg" align="left" /> Untitled (Shield Series), Chromira print, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Gruddha_MOD.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="741" width_o="813" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Gruddha_MOD_o.jpg" align="left" /> Untitled (Shield Series), Chromira print, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Gruddha2_MOD.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="741" width_o="813" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Gruddha2_MOD_o.jpg" align="left" /> Untitled (Shield Series), Chromira print, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/LowerLegs_MOD.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="741" width_o="813" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/LowerLegs_MOD_o.jpg" align="left" /> Untitled (Shield Series), Chromira print, 2009 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Shane-Sky_MOD.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="741" width_o="813" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308780/Shane-Sky_MOD_o.jpg" align="left" /> Untitled (Shield Series), Chromira print, 2009 Middleland → Photos http://www.melissavandenberg.com/Middleland-Photos http://www.melissavandenberg.com/following/melissavandenberg.com/Middleland-Photos Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:15:46 +0000 Melissa Vandenberg 308777 Landscape has a long tradition as muse. Its ability to inspire artists, writers, musicians and scientists equals that of many other creative catalysts. It is as much a concept as it is a painting, place or view. Landscape is now a manufactured part of human existence, becoming ever more difficult to find untouched geographies. With that acknowledgment, it becomes our responsibility to evaluate the way in which we touch and, in turn, affect our landscape. Out of this evolves the Middleland Project. Middleland physically explores a series of “border states” in the central US along with the accompanying landscape for American identity. These are not your usual border states; semantically they are an amalgamation of the Heartland, the Midwest, the Bible Belt, just south of the Rust Belt and flanking the Mason-Dixon Divide. They provide a rich yet fractured history as ideologies are constantly challenged from the surrounding North and South. Every region has a dialect of visual adornment, exemplifying a particular region’s prevailing belief system. This distinctiveness is reflected in the landscape, monuments and memorials born of the core values and communities responsible for erecting them. My intention is to document this region’s distinctive identity through a series of photos, drawings, paintings and sculptures. The Middleland itinerary travels an oblong oval through Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Indiana. The route favors state and local roads, avoiding freeways and other generic thoroughfares. The specific route and precise destinations are heavily outlined with flexibility designed into the 3,300 mile trek. As a studio artist currently exploring American iconography and nationalism, the objective is to seek regional clues to serve as subject(s) within the resulting artworks. 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src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/DSC_9827-EDIT.jpg" border="0" width="550" height="368" width_o="550" height_o="368" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/DSC_9827-EDIT_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/DSC_9876-EDIT.jpg" border="0" width="550" height="486" width_o="550" height_o="486" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/DSC_9876-EDIT_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/DSC_9506-WEB.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="747" width_o="500" height_o="747" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/DSC_9506-WEB_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/26180001-WEB.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="508" width_o="500" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/26180001-WEB_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/26180010-WEB.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="493" width_o="500" height_o="493" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/26180010-WEB_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/26200011-WEB.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="516" width_o="500" height_o="516" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308777/26200011-WEB_o.jpg" align="left" /> Drapes With Shoes To Match http://www.melissavandenberg.com/Drapes-With-Shoes-To-Match http://www.melissavandenberg.com/following/melissavandenberg.com/Drapes-With-Shoes-To-Match Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:25:10 +0000 Melissa Vandenberg 308701 Drapes With Shoes To Match was my MFA thesis exhibition in The Surplus Gallery at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in May of 2005. The exhibit featured a range of sculptures and installations that referenced notions of home, childhood, ornamentation and a somewhat gaudy domestic iconography. The results are suggestive of furniture, Victorian motifs, pillows, and “woman’s work”. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01695.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01695_o.JPG" align="left" /> Über, mixed media, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01748.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01748_o.JPG" align="left" /> Untitled Meditation Device, fabric, polyester, cross-stitch, wood, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01746.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="393" width_o="2048" height_o="1203" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01746_o.JPG" align="left" /> Wean, wood, mixed media, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01134.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="960" height_o="1280" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01134_o.JPG" align="left" /> Fall from Grace, wood, mixed media, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01185.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="948" width_o="1801" height_o="2549" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01185_o.JPG" align="left" /> This House Should Fall, wood, fabric, tacks, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01161.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01161_o.JPG" align="left" /> detail This House Should Fall <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01301.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01301_o.JPG" align="left" /> Prop, wood, fabric, tacks, 2004 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01295.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01295_o.JPG" align="left" /> detail Prop <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01479.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01479_o.JPG" align="left" /> New & Improved Potential for Comfort, mixed media, 2004 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01485.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01485_o.JPG" align="left" /> detail New & Improved Potential for Comfort <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01538.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01538_o.JPG" align="left" /> Stump, cake, fabric, wood, steel, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01548.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01548_o.JPG" align="left" /> performance still Stump <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01552.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01552_o.JPG" align="left" /> performance still Stump <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01580.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="489" width_o="2048" height_o="1496" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01580_o.JPG" align="left" /> Wall, fabric, wood, tacks, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01688.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01688_o.JPG" align="left" /> detail Wall <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01587.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="547" width_o="2048" height_o="1672" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01587_o.JPG" align="left" /> Centerpiece, mixed media, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01665.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01665_o.JPG" align="left" /> All the Pretty Houses, vinyl fabric, zippers, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01724.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="875" width_o="1715" height_o="2240" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01724_o.JPG" align="left" /> Trivial, fabric, wood, metal, 2005 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01509.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="496" width_o="2048" height_o="1516" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01509_o.JPG" align="left" /> installation shot Drapes With Shoes to Match <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01512.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01512_o.JPG" align="left" /> installation shot Drapes With Shoes to Match <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01591.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26381/308701/DSC01591_o.JPG" align="left" /> installation shot Drapes With Shoes to Match