05/30/2026
Thanks to everyone who made it out to Melanie Elyse Brewsters solo WE WILL FEED EACH OTHER. !!!đșđ€ .e.brewster
Gallery hours : thur-sat 12-6
Exhibition: May 28-July 4, 2026
Artist Talk: Thur. June 11, 7pm
Field Projects presents âWE WILL FEED EACH OTHER,â 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.