Michelle Lisa Polissaint: ruining love songs
ruining love songs showcases works from Michelle Lisa Polissaint's series _The Ballad of Me & You_, her ongoing visual conversation about her failures and successes in romantic relationships. Through large-scale banners, Polissaint searches for meaning and joy in the reality of broken relationships and existing on her own. The banners are hand embroidered textile pieces sourced from her own narrative. They reveal a poetic intimacy through the layering of images with silhouettes and words. The exhibition explores how failed relationships are beautiful, complicated, and an important part of learning in the process of finding successful partnerships. For the artist, this more personal approach in her work has become a way for her to explore a more honest side of herself.
ruining love songs showcases works from Michelle Lisa Polissaint's series _The Ballad of Me & You_, her ongoing visual conversation about her failures and successes in romantic relationships.
Through large-scale banners, Polissaint searches for meaning and joy in the reality of broken relationships and existing on her own. The banners are hand embroidered textile pieces sourced from her own narrative. They reveal a poetic intimacy through the layering of images with silhouettes and words. The exhibition explores how failed relationships are beautiful, complicated, and an important part of learning in the process of finding successful partnerships. For the artist, this more personal approach in her work has become a way for her to explore a more honest side of herself.
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<strong>Michelle</strong> <strong>Lisa</strong> <strong>Polissaint</strong>:<br />
<strong>ruining</strong> <strong>love</strong> <strong>songs</strong><br />
Saturday, January 18 - Sunday, March 15, 2020
uining <strong>love</strong> <strong>songs</strong> showcases works from <strong>Michelle</strong> <strong>Lisa</strong><br />
<strong>Polissaint</strong>'s series The Ballad of Me & You, her ongoing<br />
visual conversation about her failures and successes in<br />
romantic relationships.<br />
Through large-scale banners, <strong>Polissaint</strong> searches for meaning<br />
and joy in the reality of broken relationships and existing on<br />
her own. The banners are hand embroidered textile pieces<br />
sourced from her own narrative. They reveal a poetic intimacy<br />
through the layering of images with silhouettes and words.<br />
The exhibition explores how failed relationships are beautiful,<br />
complicated, and an important part of learning in the process<br />
of finding successful partnerships. For the artist, this more<br />
personal approach in her work has become a way for her to<br />
explore a more honest side of herself.<br />
<strong>Michelle</strong> <strong>Lisa</strong> <strong>Polissaint</strong> is a visual artist & arts organizer<br />
based in Miami. As an artist she explores the nature of<br />
human interaction through textiles and photographs. Her<br />
organizing practice is focused on the intersections between<br />
art, community and activism. She produces community-based<br />
activations and encourages artists and community members<br />
to form collaborative relationships. Selected exhibitions<br />
include: “Grounded” at Spinello Projects, “The Compassion<br />
Project” at the Coral Gables Museum, and “Intersectionality”<br />
at The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami. She is a<br />
resident artist at Bakehouse Art Complex and is represented<br />
by Spinello Projects.<br />
<strong>ruining</strong> <strong>love</strong> <strong>songs</strong> is supported in part by a grant from the<br />
Maurer Family Foundation.
1650 Harrison Street<br />
Hollywood, FL 33020<br />
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