--- title: "119 - Paintings, K+M 9/12-10/10 1987" date: 2017-08-21T14:13:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/119-paintings-k-m-9-12-10-10-1987" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) Paintings [Komar & Melamid](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/komar-melamid) Sep 11 – Oct 9, 1987 ![Km Letters As Insects 1984 87 Detail](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/KM-Letters-as-Insects-1984-87-detail.jpg) Komar & Melamid Letters as Insects, (detail) 1984-87 Description Nothing escapes the scrutiny of Komar & Melamid. In their ninth exhibition at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, they chronicle their political, artistic and personal histories in new multi-media, multi-dimensional works. In contrast to their past exhibitions at the gallery, in which a juxtaposition of styles and ideas produced a sense of chaos, there is now an emphasis on the harmony resulting from this same interaction of parts. In a continuation of their eclectic style which dates back to the early ‘70s, the multi-panel works in this exhibition synthesize sculpture, painting, collage, relief, etc. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Paintings-1987_press.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/komar-melamid) ![Km Black Flags 1986 87](/assets/exhibition_images/KM-Black-Flags-1986-87.jpg) Komar & Melamid Black Flags, 1986-87 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Km Black Flags 1986 87]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Black Flags, 1986-87 ![Km Skyscraper 1986 87]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Skyscraper, 1986-87 ![Km Labor 1986 87]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Labor, 1986-87 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Double Elephant, 1986-87 ![Km Portrait Of Kafka 1986 87]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Portrait of Kafka, 1986-87 ![Km Poems About Death 1986 87]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Poems About Death, 1986-87 ![Km Medusa 1986 87]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Medusa, 1986-87 ![Km Altar To Zeus 1986 87]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Altar to Zeus ![Km Letters As Insects 1984 87]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Letters as Insects, 1984-87 ![Komar Melamid Installation Shot 1 1987](/assets/exhibition_images/Komar-Melamid-Installation-Shot-1-1987.jpg) Komar & Melamid Paintings, 1987 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Komar Melamid Installation Shot 1 1987]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Paintings, 1987 instillation view ![Komar Melamid Installation Shot 2 1987]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Paintings, 1987 isntallation view ![Km Falling Angel 1986 87]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Paintings, 1987 installation view ![Km Europa On The Bull 1986 87]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Paintings, 1987 installation view ![Komar Melamid Installation Shot 1 1987](/assets/exhibition_images/Komar-Melamid-Installation-Shot-1-1987.jpg) ![Komar Melamid Installation Shot 2 1987](/assets/exhibition_images/Komar-Melamid-Installation-Shot-2-1987.jpg) ![Km Falling Angel 1986 87](/assets/exhibition_images/KM-Falling-Angel-1986-87.jpg) ![Km Europa On The Bull 1986 87](/assets/exhibition_images/KM-Europa-on-the-Bull-1986-87.jpg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Komar Melamid Installation Shot 1 1987]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Paintings, 1987 instillation view ![Komar Melamid Installation Shot 2 1987]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Paintings, 1987 isntallation view ![Km Falling Angel 1986 87]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Paintings, 1987 installation view ![Km Europa On The Bull 1986 87]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Paintings, 1987 installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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