From art dealer Norman Brosterman‘s site → “Melvin Way, an African-American New Yorker, began to develop schizophrenic tendencies in his late teens. A musician in high school, Way began creating these complex, notational, ‘equations’ while participating in an institutional art program in the 1980’s. Part musical score, part scientific and mathematical nomenclature, his drawings are evidence of knowledge that only he understands. Hermetic expressions of his thoughts and feelings, Melvin Way’s drawings are art of the most honest kind – an exploration of the mystery of life.”

An original drawing by Melvin Way

All of Melvin Way’s art were drawn by ballpoint pen while he was institutionalized. At the crossroads of post-modern art and schizophrenia, these are haunting pieces that emanated from between the realms of madness and genius.