Field Projects

“Harvest Dance” 2026 up, cycled found in Family fabrics, leather, faux fur, chain, grommets, 68x90 in

Melanie Elyse Brewster
WE WILL FEED EACH OTHER

May 28-July 4, 2026

Opening: TONIGHT :Thur. May 28, 6pm

Artist Talk: Thur. June 11, 7pm

Field Projects presents “WE WILL FEED EACH OTHER,” a solo exhibition of parafictional artifacts by interdisciplinary artist Melanie Elyse Brewster.

WE WILL FEED EACH OTHER explores the tensions inherent between caregiving and jouissance, as well as maternal instinct and childfreedom. Melanie Elyse Brewster tells the forgotten story of hybridized creatures, bound by pleasure-seeking and obsessed with reciprocity, and invites us to collectively trouble the bizarre fruits this ancient worldview may yield today.

Selfless devotion and nurturance are central markers of motherhood across time and culture. These characteristics form the backbone of beloved mythologies, such as the lupa capitolina (Capitoline Wolf) of ancient Rome. According to the legend, a wolfmother rescued exiled twin baby boys, feeding them from her own teats. However, the wolfmother is only remembered for this nursing, whereas the boys become rulers of a kingdom.

To counter this patriarchal narrative, a sapphic mystery-cult, Wolfmotherhood, gained followership across the Mediterranean basin. Using ceramic and fiber sculptures to create ritual objects (i.e., talismans, ceremonial vessels, banners), Brewster works in the esoteric practice of Wolfmotherhood, offering a kinky, q***r reimagining of the infamous Capitoline Wolf myth.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Melanie Elyse Brewster (b. Miami, Florida) is a Greek-American interdisciplinary artist and scholar based in New York City. She earned an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2024 and her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Florida in 2011.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Artist Talk with Cait McCormack Freddie Greis , moderated by the curator Terra Keck . It was a great way to end the exhibition: surrounded by friends. 🖤🖤🖤

Did you know that the sound of birds has been proven to impact the mental landscape of your psyche? Listening to bird song can reduce anxiety, boost your mood and relieve mental fatigue. Even a recording! Now imagine, you enter our latest exhibition "The Sound Keeps Coming" and from the open window comes the calm inducing coo of a morning dove. What could be better than that? (literally, nothing.)

Well, you better get over here! "The Sound Keeps Coming" features the work of Freddie Greis and Cait McCormack, and contains the visage of an unknowable amount of birds.

On View until May 16th, you can find us at:

526 w 26th st. #807
New York, NY
Thursday - Saturday
Noon - 6pm.