LandE scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
LandEscape meets
Melisa King
An interview by Katherine Williams , curator and Josh Ryder , curator landescape @ europe . com
Artist Melisa King ' s work is an insightful investigation about the point of convergence between experience and imagination . When interpreting the reality she perceives , her paintings condense the vital relationship between direct experience and visual intepretation , to walk the viewers through a multilayeredaesthetic experience . In her The Sun is God series that we ' ll be discussing in the following pages she encapsulated both abstract and figurative , to trigger the viewers ' perceptual parameters . One of the most impressive aspects of King ' work is the way it accomplishes the difficult task of emphasizing that beauty is not always can be found on a large scale , but also in our daily life ' s experience : we are very pleased to introduce our readers to her stimulating and multifaceted artistic production .
Hello Melisa and welcome to LandEscape : we would start this interview with a couple of questions about your multifaceted professional background . You have a solid formal training : you studied painting in Florence , Italy and later you received your MA in Visual Arts and Communication Design from Sabanci University in Istanbul , Turkey : how do these experience influence the way you currently conceive your works ? And in particular , how does your cultural substratum inform the way you relate yourself to art production ?
Istanbul , the city where I was born and live currently , is in a very strategic geographical position . It consists of two continents both Europe and Asia . Personally I am
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