KRISTINE MELNIKOVA / mixed media artist About me: ____________________________________ We all know one of the most popular signs in the fine art industry is ''DON'T TOUCH'', however for the past two years I been creating more than just paintings – it’s more like tactile experience. Texture and feel of the painting are my obsessions, I always liked that my paintings being touched – it’s like setting invisible threads and connecting directly with each viewer. I’m currently finishing my Foundation degree of Contemporary Arts Practise course in Staffordshire University. For my final art project, I decided to push some boundaries based on my passion with texture and produce artwork in a more sensual way that I ever did before.
‘Sensual Faculty’ is the engagement of human senses through the use of carefully selected materials and surfaces. It is a piece of artwork you can not only see, you can feel it, sense it, but above it all - hear it if you wish. Over my lifetime I have been warned and restricted at nearly every museum and gallery which I happened to visit, satisfying only my sense of sight -whilst leaving a sense of touch or anything else far behind. With my final piece I wanted to break this concept and to engage my viewer in numerous other ways.
So please - DO TOUCH… ‘ S e n s o r y F a c u l t y ’ -
mixed media on 16” x 20” canvas with a built in (Onsia) Bluetooth speaker.