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Linework: Marlene McCarty

Marlene McCarty, large-scale graphite and ballpoint pen drawing, 2001, densely worked linework depicting figures in complex social or transgressive formations
Marlene McCarty, graphite and ballpoint pen drawing, obsessive hatched linework building dense figures involved in transgressive or unorthodox social behavior
Marlene McCarty, graphite drawing, dense intricate linework depicting a human and animal interaction, probing the limits of social formation and accepted behavior
Marlene McCarty, Marlene/Olive, graphite and highlighter, two figures rendered in meticulous linework, their interaction charged with latent transgression
Marlene McCarty, large graphite drawing, figures in an intimate or confrontational arrangement rendered in dense obsessive linework that probes sexual and social formation

MARLENE McCARTY (B. 1957)

Marlene McCarty has worked across various media since the 1980s. She was a member of the AIDS activist collective Gran Fury and was the co-founder of the trans-disciplinary design studio Bureau along with Donald Moffett. Using everyday materials such as graphite, ballpoint pen, and highlighter, McCarty probes issues ranging from sexual and social formation to parricide and infanticide. Her subjects are often depicted engaging in unorthodox or transgressive social formations, breaking down the traditional, accepted interactions among humans and other species, as well as between humans and nature.

More info at Sikkema Jenkins gallery.

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