Pulp Memories: Melissa Joseph and Julia Norton
Pulp Memories features works by Melissa Joseph and Julia Norton on handmade paper, marking the first time the two New York City-based artists are presented together. Inspired by their idiosyncratic takes on papermaking, pulp, and painting, the bodies of work selected demonstrate explorations of material, techniques, and modes of storytelling.
Joseph paints in fluid figurative gestures to represent moments captured on old family photos. Known for her paintings made from wool felt, this exhibition focuses on works on handmade paper created during a residency at the renowned New York City organization DieuDonne. Norton’s painted assemblages navigate abstraction using natural materials and employ a deep consideration of colors that connect her studies of landscape, nature, and the body. The act of care is a throughline in both artists’ practices, not solely in the labor required in the artmaking, but also in the consideration of subject matter and memory.
A conversation between the two artists, moderated by Yng-Ru Chen, Owner and CEO of Praise Shadows, will take place at 4 pm on January 11. Tickets are $5, available here. Doors open at 5 pm for the public reception.
