MELISSA
ZAREM "My work embraces the polarity between carefully considered intentions and keeping an eye open for the beautiful accident. I respect the potential of the materials while serving the artistic drive to control the composition.
The process becomes a negotiation between myself and my materials. I try to reach a satisfying tension where forces simultaneously enhance and contradict one another, whether it is subtly or vociferously. This dialogue is relevant to my understanding that the truth of seeing is not black and white. The borders of experience are permeable. Opposing forces coexist with both tension and balance." -Melissa Zarem |
SHOE-LEATHER and BRINE |