I’m excited to share my interview with Kate Jetmore of The Listen Podcast. We had a great time talking about getting unstuck and, well, something paranormal happens…
Derick Melander creates clothing sculptures that explore the intersection between global consumerism and the intimate relationship we have with what we wear.
Recent commissions include projects for The Chapman Perelman Foundation, Eileen Fisher, Diesel and Swire Properties, Hong Kong.
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The Making of “A Cloud Reveals the Moon”, 2018
Derick’s most recent works are made from second-hand clothing, sourced from specific locations and populations. He brings these populations together first as collaborators and then again in the clothing used to create the work. In a sense, these works are collective portraits. Derick celebrates and honors both the individual and the community in each work he creates.
I'm excited to be kicking off two projects with FIT this spring. I'll be presenting a visiting artist lecture and working as an artist in residence. I'll tell you how I came to focus on second-hand clothing, I'll review key projects and I'll share some entertaining case studies.
To Live is to Leave Traces takes place in a storefront art studio, open to the public, in the heart of Jackson Heights.
To Live is to Leave Traces takes place in a storefront art studio, open to the public, in the heart of Jackson Heights.
To Live is to Leave Traces takes place in a storefront art studio, open to the public, in the heart of Jackson Heights.
To Live is to Leave Traces took place in a storefront art studio, open to the public, in the heart of Jackson Heights.
Really happy to be providing space to this dynamic, young group of artists. The final blow-out of my Jackson Heights pop-up studio will feature music, performance, dance, theatre..
So happy to create a giant photographic print of NIght Sky for the Italian collector Giorgia Lera.
Clothing assemblages wrapped on panels (OK, maybe there is a wig in the first one!). Also, ideas for outdoor sculptures that explore the idea of marking, directing, instructing... but lacking meaning.
