Melodie Provenzano Exhibiting at University School of Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jan. 4, 2014 - PRLog -- American contemporary artist Melodie Provenzano will be exhibiting at University School of Nashville, January 9th through February 10th, in the Christine Slayden Tibbott Center Gallery.

NYC-based Provenzano is best known for her meticulous still life paintings and drawings depicting carefully constructed compositions of glassware, ribbons, toys, figurines, and other objects. She has a BFA from Parsons School of Design and has been commissioned for selected projects by Saks Fifth Avenue, Donna Karan, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Salvatore Ferragamo, and private collectors.

For her USN exhibit, she is debuting a new series of thirty-five still life paintings on unprimed canvas that will span the gallery wall, forming the suggestion of a long ribbon. Provenzano says, “On one level, the gift bows and babies depicted in the paintings represent an exciting prelude to satisfaction. The prospect of being born into something houses eternal anticipation and the promise of fulfillment. However, once a person gets what they want, then the satisfaction eventually fades and new desires arise. Broadly speaking, in the birth of anything there is death, so along this ribbon-like installation of painted objects are notions of birth, death, celebration, and struggle, as well as the stillness and peace one can find within whatever the experience may be.”

Some of Provenzano’s earlier still life drawings, stop motion videos, and actual objects from her works will be on display in an auxiliary gallery room.

The show opens January 9, 2014, with a reception from 6-8pm. The show runs through February 10. Works will be for sale, with 30% of sales going to USN. For more information, or to schedule a post-reception viewing, contact Emily Holt at eholt@usn.org.