Melissa Meyer's FASCINATION

Over the summer Melissa Meyer and I exchanged leisurely studio visits, first at my studio in DUMBO and then at hers on West 39th Street. On the second floor of an unassuming office building in the fabric district, Meyer's space has a timeless view of a bustling Manhattan street that reminded me of paintings by Ashcan School artists like Robert Henri, John Sloan, and George Luks. She had just returned from a long residency at Yaddo, where she completed Fascination, a letterpress book project (pictured above) that featured poems by South Korean poet and activist Ko Un.

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