Robert Melee
Encyclopedia
Robert Melee is an artist
based in NYC and Asbury Park, New Jersey
.
Melee was born in New Jersey
. He makes multimedia art – videos
, installations
, collage
s. - His work is often compared to that of John Waters
and Andy Warhol
due to its overt campness
. He is also a painter.
He attended the School of Visual Arts
in New York
from 1986–1990.
"Robert Melee in City Hall Park"' NYC
2008
"Unshamelessfulnessly" , Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
2007
Painting the Edge, Gallery Hyundai (Do Art), Korea
"The Lath Picture Show", Fredrich Pretzel Gallery, NYC
2006
Robert Melee's Poplar, Ingalls & Associates, Miami
2005
Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Museum, New York
Stage Works and Substitutions, Sutton Lane Gallery, London
"In Between False Comforts", Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
"Robert Melee's Talent Show"' the Kitchen, NYC
2004
"Currents:31 Robert Melee", Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
2003
Greetings from New York: A Painting Show, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Robert Melee, Art Statements, Art 34 Basel, Switzerland
"This Is For You"', Judson Church, NYC
2002
Wonderland, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels
Super-Heroes, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva
You, Me and Her, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
2001
Robert Melee’s Unit, Corcoran Museum, Washington D.C.
2000
Mount Miami, Tel Aviv Artists Studio, Tel Aviv
Units, Jay Jopling / White Cube, London
"Robert Melee's UNIT"', Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
1999
Group Show, Cartervous & Time, Wales
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
based in NYC and Asbury Park, New Jersey
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Asbury Park is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, located on the Jersey Shore and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 16,116. The city is known for its rich musical history, including its association with...
.
Melee was born in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. He makes multimedia art – videos
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
, installations
Installation art
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however, the boundaries between...
, collage
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
s. - His work is often compared to that of John Waters
John Waters (filmmaker)
John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...
and Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
due to its overt campness
Camp (style)
Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its taste and ironic value. The concept is closely related to kitsch, and things with camp appeal may also be described as being "cheesy"...
. He is also a painter.
He attended the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
from 1986–1990.
Selected exhibitions
2009"Robert Melee in City Hall Park"' NYC
2008
"Unshamelessfulnessly" , Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
2007
Painting the Edge, Gallery Hyundai (Do Art), Korea
"The Lath Picture Show", Fredrich Pretzel Gallery, NYC
2006
Robert Melee's Poplar, Ingalls & Associates, Miami
2005
Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Museum, New York
Stage Works and Substitutions, Sutton Lane Gallery, London
"In Between False Comforts", Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
"Robert Melee's Talent Show"' the Kitchen, NYC
2004
"Currents:31 Robert Melee", Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
2003
Greetings from New York: A Painting Show, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Robert Melee, Art Statements, Art 34 Basel, Switzerland
"This Is For You"', Judson Church, NYC
2002
Wonderland, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels
Super-Heroes, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva
You, Me and Her, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
2001
Robert Melee’s Unit, Corcoran Museum, Washington D.C.
2000
Mount Miami, Tel Aviv Artists Studio, Tel Aviv
Units, Jay Jopling / White Cube, London
"Robert Melee's UNIT"', Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
1999
Group Show, Cartervous & Time, Wales
External links
- Images, texts and biography from the Saatchi Gallery
- Robert Melee on ArtFacts.net
- Further information from Andrew Kreps