Female Readymade, (Elsa 1917/2017, rope, coal bag, hat of Rrose Sélavy, large erasure, Duchamp's
models of 'Fountain' (1933), 'Perseverance makes me sad', sweater, evidence 1971), 2020, acrylic
silkscreen, marble dust, flasche on canvas, 180 x 200cm
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Idiom (Bullshit Meter), Melissa Gordon, 2025, graphite on paper, 48 x 69 cm
NON FICTION
Melancholic Cryptonymy and the Aesthetic Threshold of Detectability
FICTION
The Global Adhesive and Sealant Conference
REVIEWS & EXHIBITION TEXTS
Diplomatic Immunity (The Eurorats)
EDITING
You Have Within You Something Stronger And More Numinous
CURATING
VIDEO & SOUND
Or Degrees (the grafter)
ABOUT
Melissa Gordon (b. 1981, US) lives and works in Brussels, BE. Exhibitions include; The View from Inside, Cosar Gallery, 2026, Dusseldorf, DE; What Is Left, 2025, Barbara Seiler, Zurich, CH (solo) and Dig Deeper, Torreloft, 2025, Copenhagen, DK (duo). Gordon undertook residency at De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL and Spike Island, Bristol, UK in 2013.
Nel Aerts, Francesca Comune, Fran Van Coppenolle, Delphine Deguislage, Lili Dujourie, Melissa Gordon, Nokukhanya Langa, Margarita Maximova, Sophie Nys, Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei, Naama Tsabar and Céline Vahsen curated by Triptych with Giulia Blasig and Nicole O'Rourke, and Frederick Gordts at Le Bailli, 2026, Brussels, BE