https://kevinmelchionne.com kevinmelchionne.com Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:06:56 +0000 https://kevinmelchionne.com en https://kevinmelchionne.com/Paintings Tue, 19 Apr 2022 07:26:59 +0000 kevinmelchionne.com https://kevinmelchionne.com/Paintings Paintings <img width="3246" height="2715" width_o="3246" height_o="2715" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4dadfc6c88681bac16e1289a3e9477d187c69364e1dd8a0e92c7045d2455acc9/KMP-130-Gratia-Plena.jpg" data-mid="244864313" border="0" alt="Gratia Plena, oil on panel, 20 x 24 in" data-caption="Gratia Plena, oil on panel, 20 x 24 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4dadfc6c88681bac16e1289a3e9477d187c69364e1dd8a0e92c7045d2455acc9/KMP-130-Gratia-Plena.jpg" /> <img width="5274" height="6351" width_o="5274" height_o="6351" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec08585e6a65c8d1024e10d628cbd674dc4ab24e8e02d2038f69103c7b5af872/KMP-112-A-love-so-generalized-that-it-seemed-an-estrangement-12-29-24.jpg" data-mid="224570424" border="0" alt="A love so generalized that it seemed an estrangement, oil on panel, 24 x 20 in" data-caption="A love so generalized that it seemed an estrangement, oil on panel, 24 x 20 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec08585e6a65c8d1024e10d628cbd674dc4ab24e8e02d2038f69103c7b5af872/KMP-112-A-love-so-generalized-that-it-seemed-an-estrangement-12-29-24.jpg" /> <img width="3697" height="2700" width_o="3697" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4dee19a464efe4988be51e566fd39a5023b864e5e2ec3608b75d27c7a9667db/KMP-132-Cumbersome-and-unrefined-feelings.jpg" data-mid="244855745" border="0" alt="Cumbersome and unrefined feelings, oil on panel, 20 x 28 in" data-caption="Cumbersome and unrefined feelings, oil on panel, 20 x 28 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4dee19a464efe4988be51e566fd39a5023b864e5e2ec3608b75d27c7a9667db/KMP-132-Cumbersome-and-unrefined-feelings.jpg" /> <img width="2930" height="2935" width_o="2930" height_o="2935" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff21c5c6571bf80b3e273040a0199387e0072899e8c69f49b5d64bcb305873d9/KMP-80-I-used-to-think-the-soul-grew-by-remembering.jpg" data-mid="211222633" border="0" alt="I used to think the soul grew by remembering, oil on panel, 20 x 20 in" data-caption="I used to think the soul grew by remembering, oil on panel, 20 x 20 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff21c5c6571bf80b3e273040a0199387e0072899e8c69f49b5d64bcb305873d9/KMP-80-I-used-to-think-the-soul-grew-by-remembering.jpg" /> <img width="5250" height="6173" width_o="5250" height_o="6173" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5be747d40ef8cc29afdd6eef544be034a85c85210b3c9099ae2192928feae395/KMP-101-A-quiet-dream-of-shelter-and-the-serenity-it-brings-copy.jpg" data-mid="224576210" border="0" alt="A quiet dream of shelter and the serenity it brings, oil on panel, 24 x 20 in" data-caption="A quiet dream of shelter and the serenity it brings, oil on panel, 24 x 20 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5be747d40ef8cc29afdd6eef544be034a85c85210b3c9099ae2192928feae395/KMP-101-A-quiet-dream-of-shelter-and-the-serenity-it-brings-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3223" height="2572" width_o="3223" height_o="2572" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34dbd9ff2701a1edacaacbd221ee8690d82cb71763c941f0edc2417993abdc53/KMP-073-The-intricate-details-of-individual-lives.jpg" data-mid="244864733" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34dbd9ff2701a1edacaacbd221ee8690d82cb71763c941f0edc2417993abdc53/KMP-073-The-intricate-details-of-individual-lives.jpg" /> <img width="2452" height="2434" width_o="2452" height_o="2434" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5db9195ec4ef783743e14a6d0e9199991bfd2721fd7d4462696cae0fcb19813b/KMP-131-A-tenderness-encroaching-on-my-mind.jpg" data-mid="244864795" border="0" alt="A tenderness encroaching on my mind, oil on panel, 18 x 18 in" data-caption="A tenderness encroaching on my mind, oil on panel, 18 x 18 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5db9195ec4ef783743e14a6d0e9199991bfd2721fd7d4462696cae0fcb19813b/KMP-131-A-tenderness-encroaching-on-my-mind.jpg" /> <img width="2488" height="3562" width_o="2488" height_o="3562" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a782ff21a3098ce417cf3acc0b2c28491a6d081d3c33eb4e53c8a992d701a31d/Melchionne--The-desire-for-consacrated-moments.jpg" data-mid="235673624" border="0" alt="The desire for consecrated moments, oil on panel, 28 x 20 in" data-caption="The desire for consecrated moments, oil on panel, 28 x 20 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a782ff21a3098ce417cf3acc0b2c28491a6d081d3c33eb4e53c8a992d701a31d/Melchionne--The-desire-for-consacrated-moments.jpg" /> <img width="3846" height="2356" width_o="3846" height_o="2356" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a71d3d9ff9dfd6632263a06d862653d1c511da0b764f662b00bf89c1216536f/Melchionne--Kevin--Early-Sunday-Morning.jpg" data-mid="235674023" border="0" alt="Early Sunday Morning, oil on panel, 24 x 38 in" data-caption="Early Sunday Morning, oil on panel, 24 x 38 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a71d3d9ff9dfd6632263a06d862653d1c511da0b764f662b00bf89c1216536f/Melchionne--Kevin--Early-Sunday-Morning.jpg" /> <img width="2569" height="2866" width_o="2569" height_o="2866" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29230cb39aabfd24ec3253787d08c385cae7f74dbc4b8eecd45bdffa118c6573/Melchionne--Kevin--All-those-years-were-real.jpg" data-mid="235677124" border="0" alt="All those years were real, oil on panel, 38 x 34 in" data-caption="All those years were real, oil on panel, 38 x 34 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29230cb39aabfd24ec3253787d08c385cae7f74dbc4b8eecd45bdffa118c6573/Melchionne--Kevin--All-those-years-were-real.jpg" /> <img width="2745" height="2733" width_o="2745" height_o="2733" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82584eb5a9873c8d2714e6898f00c96c2f38262cbc8bad4649ec40f48cd2fc94/KMP-124-People-look-at-me-the-way-I-used-to-look-at-them.JPG" data-mid="240299965" border="0" alt="People look at me the way I used to look at them, oil on panel, 28 x 28 in" data-caption="People look at me the way I used to look at them, oil on panel, 28 x 28 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82584eb5a9873c8d2714e6898f00c96c2f38262cbc8bad4649ec40f48cd2fc94/KMP-124-People-look-at-me-the-way-I-used-to-look-at-them.JPG" /> <img width="3269" height="2829" width_o="3269" height_o="2829" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/444301ea92daeb0da0dbac3e816450d738afcaf1103d00cbfb612da92864f414/KMP-127-A-respite-from-solitary-abstraction.JPG" data-mid="240299964" border="0" alt="A respite from solitary abstraction, oil on panel, 28 x 32 in" data-caption="A respite from solitary abstraction, oil on panel, 28 x 32 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/444301ea92daeb0da0dbac3e816450d738afcaf1103d00cbfb612da92864f414/KMP-127-A-respite-from-solitary-abstraction.JPG" /> <img width="2616" height="2984" width_o="2616" height_o="2984" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bdc28061e1aaaeb3fc995b6543e894cc4a32d9fb1c9656526dcf2d96a4fbf7e/Melchionne--Kevin--The-mind-strays-but-the-story-holds.jpg" data-mid="235674074" border="0" alt="The mind strays but the story holds, oil on panel, 28 x 24 in" data-caption="The mind strays but the story holds, oil on panel, 28 x 24 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bdc28061e1aaaeb3fc995b6543e894cc4a32d9fb1c9656526dcf2d96a4fbf7e/Melchionne--Kevin--The-mind-strays-but-the-story-holds.jpg" /> <img width="2595" height="2356" width_o="2595" height_o="2356" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0f74ccda8a2a0fe60f23f71e9581e8360063f8fa6cd6823cf59c69ee7c43788/Melchionne--Kevin--A-different-way-of-feeling.jpg" data-mid="235675989" border="0" alt="A different way of feeling, oil on panel, 21 x 24 in" data-caption="A different way of feeling, oil on panel, 21 x 24 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0f74ccda8a2a0fe60f23f71e9581e8360063f8fa6cd6823cf59c69ee7c43788/Melchionne--Kevin--A-different-way-of-feeling.jpg" /> <img width="2837" height="2832" width_o="2837" height_o="2832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2970586eeebfec5cbdd1ac1275a33bf6ae7e4831fbcfcccd9c15a37d55ffc846/KMP-087-What-remains-is-just-a-sense-of-getting-older.jpg" data-mid="211223090" border="0" alt="What remains is just a sense of getting older, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in" data-caption="What remains is just a sense of getting older, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2970586eeebfec5cbdd1ac1275a33bf6ae7e4831fbcfcccd9c15a37d55ffc846/KMP-087-What-remains-is-just-a-sense-of-getting-older.jpg" /> <img width="2676" height="3484" width_o="2676" height_o="3484" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b51b9269a6d339b880d99548f4170406c38ce107174585e3f5443133a9c33ab2/Melchionne--This-sweep-life-has.jpg" data-mid="235675788" border="0" alt="This sweep life has, oil on panel, 26 x 20 in" data-caption="This sweep life has, oil on panel, 26 x 20 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b51b9269a6d339b880d99548f4170406c38ce107174585e3f5443133a9c33ab2/Melchionne--This-sweep-life-has.jpg" /> <img width="2936" height="2928" width_o="2936" height_o="2928" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dcd45b3603d089ec43c3330bde7cf9e809863cb1f51995e6a0df0c0010d75b6/Kevin-Melchionne-2-KMP-044-Grand-Millennial-Polemic.JPG" data-mid="195415735" border="0" alt="Grand millennial polemic, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in" data-caption="Grand millennial polemic, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2dcd45b3603d089ec43c3330bde7cf9e809863cb1f51995e6a0df0c0010d75b6/Kevin-Melchionne-2-KMP-044-Grand-Millennial-Polemic.JPG" /> <img width="3324" height="2894" width_o="3324" height_o="2894" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ca1ab0560a156b2053bc61b2aec269461873d98a469421e5d828420a2000124/KMP-128-Swept-forward-in-a-wave-of-meaning.jpg" data-mid="244623697" border="0" alt="Swept forward on a wave of meaning, oil on panel, 28 x 32 in" data-caption="Swept forward on a wave of meaning, oil on panel, 28 x 32 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ca1ab0560a156b2053bc61b2aec269461873d98a469421e5d828420a2000124/KMP-128-Swept-forward-in-a-wave-of-meaning.jpg" /> <img width="3584" height="2561" width_o="3584" height_o="2561" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43c18759a6f291a9885cd51161d2f8d9f80b80cf2f5990f888fe7e143431193d/KMP-003-Like-someone-living-in-a-fable.JPG" data-mid="244864006" border="0" alt="Like someone living in a fable, oil on paper, 20 x 28 in" data-caption="Like someone living in a fable, oil on paper, 20 x 28 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43c18759a6f291a9885cd51161d2f8d9f80b80cf2f5990f888fe7e143431193d/KMP-003-Like-someone-living-in-a-fable.JPG" /> https://kevinmelchionne.com/About Tue, 19 Apr 2022 07:16:25 +0000 kevinmelchionne.com https://kevinmelchionne.com/About About the Artist Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. Grows up in Stamford. Painting at Philadelphia College of Art. Reads John Ashbery and Frank O’Hara. Philosophy at Hunter College, New York. Reads Kant. Lives in Paris. Reads Jacques Derrida, Edmund Jabès, Maurice Blanchot. Graduate school in philosophy at Stony Brook University. Reads Jürgen Habermas, John Dewey, Arthur Danto. Writes dissertation,&nbsp;Cultivation: Art and Aesthetics in Everyday Life. Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles on the aesthetics of everyday life, taste, and the relationship between art and well-being in journals such as the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, the British Journal of Aesthetics, Philosophy and Literature, and Estetika. Reads John Koethe. Paints. https://kevinmelchionne.com/Selected-Publications Tue, 19 Apr 2022 07:16:25 +0000 kevinmelchionne.com https://kevinmelchionne.com/Selected-Publications Selected Publications “Bodies of Work,” British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 59, 2019. “Definición de estética cotidiana,” Revista KEPES, 2017, translated by Horacio Perez-Henao. “Aesthetic Choice,” British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 57, 2017. “Art and Well-Being,” Estetika, vol 54, no 2, pp 189-211, 2017. “The Point of Everyday Aesthetics,” Contemporary Aesthetics, Vol 12 (2014) “The Definition of Everyday Aesthetics,” Contemporary Aesthetics, Vol 11, 2013 &nbsp; “Aesthetic Experience in Everyday Life: A Reply to Dowling,” British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol 51, 2011. “On the Old Saw ‘I Know Nothing About Art but I Know What I Like’,” Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol 68, No. 2, 2010 “Acquired Taste,” Contemporary Aesthetics, Vol 5, 2007 “Why Artists Starve,” Philosophy and Literature, Vol 31, No. 1, April 2007. "Living in Glass Houses: Decoration, Neatness and the Art of Domesticity," INTIMUS: Interior Design Theory Reader, edited by Mark Taylor and Julieanna Preston, Wiley, 2006.&nbsp; Originally published in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Special Issue on Environmental Aesthetics, Vol. 56, No. 2, spring 1998. &nbsp; “Front Yards” The Environment and the Arts, edited by Arnold Berleant, Ashgate Press, 2002. “Martin Puryear’s Cane Project,” exhibition essay, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, November 2001. &nbsp; "The Aesthetics of Collecting," Philosophy and Literature, Vol. 23, 1999. "Of Bookworms and Busybees: Cultural Theory in the Age of Do-It-Yourselfing," Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 57, No. 2, spring 1999. &nbsp;&nbsp; "Artistic Dropouts," Aesthetics: The Big Questions, edited by Carolyn Korsmeyer, Blackwell, 1998.&nbsp; For more info and direct links, see my oage on&nbsp;academia.edu.&nbsp; https://kevinmelchionne.com/Contact Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:06:56 +0000 kevinmelchionne.com https://kevinmelchionne.com/Contact ContactMy email address is kevinmelchionne “at” outlook “dot” com.