MELANIE WILLHIDE | New York Magazine

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"The photographer’s latest works make up this exhibition, entitled “To Adrian Rodriguez, With Love."

Just who is Adrian Rodriguez, anyway?

Apparently, Rodriguez is a stranger who burglarized the artist's home two years ago, removed her computer, and erased its hard drive before police located it and returned it to Willhide. An attempt to recover the lost data turned up nothing but corrupted files. But rather than trying to re-create the original photos, Willhide took advantage of the distorted images’ new attributes, resulting in fascinating quasi-collaborative works."

NY Magazine

MELANIE WILLHIDE | 'To Adrian Rodriguez, with love' — Opening Photos

"Melanie Willhide’s Tribute to a Burglar" | The New Yorker

By James Pomerantz

"When life give you lemons, make lemonade. When someone breaks into your home and steals your computer, make a collaborative photo project. That's what Melanie Willhide did.

Willhide dedicates "To Adrian Rodriguez, with Love" to the individual who broke into her home and stole various things. Her computer was recovered by the police, but the hard drive had been wiped clean. Willhide attempted to recover the erased data but found her digital photographs corrupted. Lemons! Rather than delete the images, Willhide considered these corrupted files a collaboration with her machine. She refined them and made additional ones inspired by the mess. Lemonade!

The series opens today at Von Lintel Gallery, in New York. Here’s a look."

Read more @ The New Yorker

MELANIE WILLHIDE | SELECTED WORKS

Melanie Willhide

Beefcake and Betsy, 2011

inkjet print

28 x 30 in (71.1 x 76.2 cm)

 

 Melanie Willhide   
Boys, Boys, Boys, 2001, 2011 
inkjet print 28 x 30 in (71.1 x 76.2 cm)

Melanie Willhide   

Dew Bug, 2011  

inkjet print 30 x 28 in (76.2 x 71.1 cm)

 

 Melanie Willhide  
I will show you mine, if you show me mine!, 2011  
inkjet print 30 x 28 in (76.2 x 71.1 cm)

 

 Melanie Willhide   
Kevin, 2009, 2011 
inkjet print 28 x 30 in (71.1 x 76.2 cm)

 

Melanie Willhide   

Larry's lips, 2011  

inkjet print 30 x 28 in (76.2 x 71.1 cm)

 

 Melanie Willhide   

Little Boy Blue, 2000, 2011  

inkjet print 30 x 28 in (76.2 x 71.1 cm)

 

 Melanie Willhide   

Marjorie in May, Haight/Ashbury, 2006, 2011  

inkjet print 30 x 28 in (76.2 x 71.1 cm)

 

Melanie Willhide  

Mike in Hula Hoop, 2010, 2011  

inkjet print 30 x 28 in (76.2 x 71.1 cm)

 

 Melanie Willhide   
Name Our Children, 2011   
inkjet print 30 x 28 in (76.2 x 71.1 cm)

 Melanie Willhide   
Nate, 2011  
inkjet print 30 x 28 in (76.2 x 71.1 cm)

 

 Melanie Willhide  

Swan Lake, 1986, 2011  

inkjet print 30 x 28 in (76.2 x 71.1 cm)

 

 Melanie Willhide  

T and V, Mesa Elks, 2008, 2011  

inkjet print 30 x 28 in (76.2 x 71.1 cm)

 

Melanie Willhide 
Untitled (the Jack Benny house), 2011   
inkjet print 28 x 30 in (71.1 x 76.2 cm)

 

MELANIE WILLHIDE | SELECTED PRESS

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