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Materialist
These things placed on the wall using the vocabulary of other things that you may recognize. Which is MFA speak for, I’m not telling you how to feel about this.
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Gun Control
Gallery 555 in Detroit reached out and asked for a piece to be included in their show Gun Control 2013. I created an aluminum sign fashioned after the traditional work place sign motivating workers to stay safe on the job by listing how many work days had elapsed since the last injury. My sign arrived […]
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Patrick Melroy Online Portfolio
Online portfolio. 1) Build an Axe Workshop – participants assembled an axe and sheath, then learned to split wood. 2) How We Carry – Fabric and wood wall hangings installed at Elephant Project in Los Angeles. 3) Author’s Hammer – a new hammer half submerged in 126lbs of concrete that the artist then unsuccessfully attempted […]
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Quest @ CAF Forum Lounge
On July 5th, artists Patrick Melroy, Samantha Fretwell, and Katy McCarthy from the Uppur Bunk Collaborative Art Space orchestrated an experimental performance that humorously merged the art world with the digital gaming world. At CAF, guests wandered through an interactive art experience progressing through the show by gathering tokens and talismans along their journey to the […]
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I am curious
My work is currently on display at Left Coast Books in Goleta California. Curator Elizabeth Kunath invited me to re-present the Folding Table for the show I am curious, which opened April 13th 2012 to a great crowd packing the room. If you find yourself in Goleta swing by and fold something and buy a […]
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Department of Future Fortune
The Department of Future Fortunes was presented at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on January 2o. SBMA executed their annual Nights event, the theme this year was Chinese New Year, the year of the Dragon. I was invited to create an interactive installation. I organized a team of performers to work in the […]