Melissa Stern

Writing

Newspaper Reviews & Artist Statements

NewsPaper Reviews

Renato D’Agostin: Tokyo Untitled
CityArts, June 16, 2010

I’m Officially Obsessed
Time Out New York: Own This City, June 3 – 9 2010

Patricia Esquivias
CityArts, May 19, 2010

David Barnett: Sacred Creatures
CityArts, May 19, 2010

Douglas Florian at BravinLee Programs
New York Press, May 11, 2010

Entomologia
CityArts, March 24, 2010

Passion Play
CityArts, March 10, 2010

Approaching Abstraction
CityArts, February 24, 2010

Never Can Say Goodbye
CityArts, January 26, 2010

Drawings for Crazy Horse
CityArts, January 26, 2010

Carroll Dunham
CityArts, December 3, 2009

Of Land
CityArts, November 3, 2009

Something In The Water
New York Press, October 20, 2009

Heist and Humidity: LES gallery sweats out summer with the rest of us
New York Press, July 8, 2009

BABE MAGNET: Fahamu Pecou’s imagines himself as a hip-hop impresario
New York Press, September 26, 2007

BRING THE KIDS: Tom Otterness’ political message is kid-friendly
New York Press, October 24, 2007

What Would Jesus Taste Like?
New York Press, October 31, 2007

Blessed is the Child: Sean Mellyn at Anna Kustera Gallery
New York Press, November 21, 2007

THE EMPEROR’S PRETENTIOUS NEW CLOTHES: Too many ideas cause Artists Space exhibit to suffer
New York Press, February 6, 2008

SUSPENDED ANIMATIONS IN BROOKLYN: Arthur Mednick exhibits soft curves that result in gorgeous sculptures
New York Press, February 27, 2008

ART: LAND OF LILLIPUTIANS: Gagosian’s exhibit of Robert Therrien’s sculptures of oversized objects transformgallery into a landscape of fright and fun
New York Press, June 18, 2008

Cut Along the Dotted Line: Kako Ueda at George Adams Gallery
New York Press, October 8,2008

Art Mutants Greenwich House: Not political, but it’s all about change
New York Press, November 12, 2008

Map Quest: Artists’ maps at Hebrew Union College
New York Press, December 30,2008

Pulling the Plug: Penny Rockwell’s work is, well, electric
New York Press, March 9, 2009

No Means Yes: Getting into outsider art
New York Press, May 20,2009

What To Catch At Snatch: The first show at Brooklyn’s Snatch Block Projects
New York Press, June 23, 2009

Artist Statements

General

Birdland

Back to School

3rd Grade

Birds of America

Life During Wartime

Above the Belt

Family Values

My Friends