Just recently I reported about Melusina Parkin and her exhibition “Wandering and Watching” at DixMix Gallery (read here). And now there’s another exhibition of her at The 22 Art Space in Bellisseria.
The 22 Art Space in Bellisseria features a “conversation” between the art work of Melusina Parkin and Whiskey Monday. The exhibtions consists of ten photographs of each artist divided in sets that “talk” to each other in the exhibition “Dialogues: patterns, people”.
“Dialogues: patterns, people” @ The 22 Art Space in Bellisseria
Both artists interpret the themes “patterns” and “people”. On the ground floor of The 22 Art Space is one room showcasting Melusina Parkin’s pictures showing patterns and one room showcasting Whistkey Monday’s work about patterns.
On the second floor each artist has one room on the theme “people”
“Dialogues: patterns, people @ The 22 Art Space in Bellisseria” – patterns by Melusina Parkin and by Whiskey Monday
In the accampanying notecard Ricco Saenz and Randy Firebrand, the owners and creators of The 22 Art Space in Bellisseria write: “The idea behind “Dialogues: patterns, people” is that the dialogue between Whiskey Monday’s and Melusina Parkin’s productions may underline some characteristics of each set of images. Also, it allows visitors to see the same subjects from very different points of view, recognizing that, though distinct, they can communicate, further enriching themselves.“
And indeed it is intriguing to see the different interpretations of the same theme from two different perspectives. And in this direct comparision you see the difference between the two.
“Dialogues: patterns, people @ The 22 Art Space in Bellisseria” – people by Whiskey Monday
For me – and that is only my personal impression – Melusina focuses on minimalism. She finds the right motif within Second Life, motifs that are not disturbed by anything else. Whiskey Monday’s pictures on the other side guide the spectator to focus on the deviant spot of her picture. For example in her picture “Law of Diminishing Returns” with the many balconies and robots standing there, each one in a different pose, there is one human falling down.
The difference is even more obvious looking at the theme “people”. While Melusina takes clear and simple pictures, which seem to be unprocessed, Whiskey has a more artificial approach and presents people in in front of art backgrounds.
I have seen Whiskey Monday’s art work just once so far 2014 at a gallery named “The viewing Room” (read here). Whiskey is in Second Life since 2009. And back in 2014 Inara Pey wrote about her work “Her work is thought-provoking, intelligent, evocative, mischievous, fun, pointed, and more – and all of it is certainly some of the finest expressions of art as a medium for social and general commentary I’ve ever seen. It’s also deeply personal, much of it reflecting on Whiskey’s real life and times in a frank, honest way free from pathos while laying bare her mindset and emotions.” (see here).
Whiskey has flickr account, where you can see more of her work.
“Dialogues: patterns, people @ The 22 Art Space in Bellisseria” – people by Melusina Parkin
Melusina is in Second Life since September 2008. She has been a fashion manager, a journalist, a furniture creator, a builder, a decorator and a photographer. Her work as a photographer has been showcased in more than 50 exhibitions – from which I saw just two. Melusina has a flickr account which counts more than 13,000 (!) photographs. Extensive collections of her photos can be seen also on her blog Virtual Exhibits and on some slideshows on Youtube (links under this post). Melusina has several galleries of her own (links also under this post).
The 22 Art space is a gallery in Bellisseria, a continent with many Second Life prime members homes. The gallery is on one of these homes. It is owned and curated by Randy Firebrand and Ricco Saenz. The gallery’s name refers to the Modern Art Week in 1922 in Brazil, also known locally as “The 22 Week”.
Thank you Ricco Saenz and Randy Firebrand for enabling and presenting this great exhition. I enjoyed my visit a lot. “Dialogues: patterns, people @ The 22 Art Space in Bellisseria” shall stay open until June 26th.
The 22 Art Space in Bellisseria
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Grenouille/60/35/35
Whiskey Monday’s flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/75351422@N03/
Melusina Parkin’s Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/melusina_parkin/
Melusina Parkin’s “Second Life exhibits 2011-2019” as a book to read online
https://www.calameo.com/books/005997622f28dd58ca75d
Melusina Parkin’s Virtual Exhibit blog
http://meluphoto.blogspot.it/p/home.html
Slideshows of Melusina Parkin’s work on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVzglBiqhrOLXnAp3Qt3Zjw
Melusina Parkin’s inworld gallery “Minimum Gallery” and bookstore “Melubooks”
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lunula/192/9/21
Melusina Parkin’s Photo Gallery at Time Portal
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Time%20Portal/248/101/1940
Melusina Parkin’s studio at PAC
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cherished%20Melody/38/34/2165
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