Home is a core theme in “What a Part of the Apartment Meant,” the latest solo show by native New Yorker Melissa Misla. Created based on a mix of memories and photographs, Misla’s idiosyncratic “portraits” of various parts of her home (which she lived in for 28 years) are vivid and inviting, portraying the otherwise quotidian with an almost childlike wonder. Simultaneously reverent and accessible, Misla’s work effectively conveys the artist’s inner realm while also incorporating the broader world via Nuyorican motifs and Latinx themes.
