Melissa Gordon

Works and exhibitions 2013-ongoing

What's the hook, what's the handle?
2021
Acrylic, pigment, ratchet, Strunk and White's 'The elements of style,' on raw canvas
50 x 50 cm

Liquid Gestures
Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
October 15, 2021 - January 30, 2022

Female Readymade (Two holes, tights, vase, Baubo, Hermaphrodite Aphrodite, Siren, Kassandra, Furies, notes from Anne Carson, still from ’Not I’, fence, rope)
2021
Acrylic, flache, silkscreen on canvas, 180 x 200 cm

Female Readymade (Pollock's shed, photos of Janet Sobel, Letter from Mark Rothko, keys, wire cutters, Blow Up detail of Pollock painting and of Sobel painting, chain, smoking gun, p.218 of ‘American Type Painting’, gestures)
2021
Frottage, acrylic, flache, silkscreen on raw canvas, 180 x 200 cm

The Story of M.B as Told by Jef Geys
Frans Masereel Centrum, BE

Marcel Broodthaers, Lili Dujourie, Harun Farocki, Jef Geys, Melissa Gordon, Sara Magenheimer, Sven ’t Jolle, Nora Turato, Paweł Althamer & Artur Żmijewski
October 3rd - November 28th 2021

Transitive Objects (Coral What)
Cosar HMT, Dusseldorf

Alice Channer, Chris Evans, Katja Mater, Marie Lund, Eva Berendes and Gabriele Beveridge
September 4 - October 15, 2021

Female Readymade (Rope, paddle, intestine cut-out, lungs, erasure, scan painting with Anadin)
2021
Acrylic, flache, silkscreen on canvas, 180 x 200 cm

Female Readymades, Cosar HMT, Dusseldorf, 04.09-18.10.2020

Female Readymade (Intestinal off-cut, bra, painting with door handle), 2020
Acrylic, silkscreen, painting (50 x 50 cm), marble dust, 180 x 200 cm

Female Readymade (Target, Holes, Scarf, Rope, Fall Girls, Attie's painting), 2020
Acrylic, silkscreen, flasche, rope and marble dust on canvas, 180 x 200 cm

Female Readymade (Horoscope, rope, scarf, belt, off-cut fabric, painting and paintbrush), 2020
Acrylic, silkscreen, flache, marble dust, 180 x 200 cm

Female Readymade (Drop Outs, Letter to Dr.Brunn, chain, dollar bill in homage to Laurie Parsons, Lee Lozano’s Notebook, ratchet, list of verbs of gestures of dropping out, large wash, sleeve, medicine, painting), 2020
Acrylic, silkscreen, flache, marble dust, dollar bill on canvas, 180 x 200 cm

Female Readymade (Hat of Rrose Selavy, Elsa 1918, 2018, Coal bag, Models of the fountain, Ropes, Large Erasure), 2020
Acrylic, silkscreen, flache, 180 x 200 cm

Female Readymade (Hat, microphone, belt, chair, Attie’s painting, stockings, rope, scarf), 2020
Acrylic, flache and silkscreen on canvas, 180 x 200 cm

Heavy Metal Parking Lot, GARAGE, Rotterdam, 12.09- 08.11.2020

Female Readymade Pt.I (Human Capital, Burning car, Barricade, Hydrofeminism, Opel Tometi’s hands, Dancing, Steering wheel, Chain, Intestines, Tape, Rearview mirror)
Female Readymade Pt.II (Intestines, Belt, Tape, Rope, Elephant and hole, Voting booth fabric and sign, Licence plate) 2020
Acrylic, silkscreen, marble dust, flashe on canvas, 180 x 200 cm
Courtesy of the Artist and Cosar HMT, Dusseldorf

Biennial of Painting, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, 26.07- 18.10.2020

SHITS AND GIGGLES, Spring 2019

Female Readymade (Saws, Suspenders, Spatula, Paintbrush, Bungee cord, Dots and Paintings), 2019
Acrylic, silkscreen, flasche, marble dust, purple suspenders on canvas, 180 x 200 cm

Female Readymade (Scarves, Speech bubble, Exhaust Price cut-out, digital erasures, test painting), 2019
Acrylic, silkscreen, flasche, chalk and marble dust on canvas, 180 x 200 cm

Female Readymade(Intestines, Sleeve, Mabel's painting, test painting) 2019
Acrylic, silkscreen, flasche, marble dust, sleeve on canvas, 180 x 200 cm

Female Readymade (Door rubbing, tights, wood off-cut, coat hanger, dry-erase board), 2019
Acrylic, silkscreen, pigment crayon, marble dust, dry-erase board on canvas, 180 x 200 cm