Marlene McCarty, Devil’s Snare, Male Pattern Baldness, Sag, Modern Mastery, Tumor or Goiter or Mammilla, Hell’s Bells (Detail), 2019, Appr. 178x228 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Marlene McCarty, Devil’s Snare, Male Pattern Baldness, Sag, Modern Mastery, Tumor or Goiter or Mammilla, Hell’s Bells (Detail), 2019, Appr. 178x228 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Marlene McCarty, Devil’s Snare, Male Pattern Baldness, Sag, Modern Mastery, Tumor or Goiter or Mammilla, Hell’s Bells (Detail), 2019, Appr. 178x228 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Marlene McCarty, Devil’s Snare, Male Pattern Baldness, Sag, Modern Mastery, Tumor or Goiter or Mammilla, Hell’s Bells (Detail), 2019, Appr. 178x228 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Marlene McCarty, Devil’s Snare, Male Pattern Baldness, Sag, Modern Mastery, Tumor or Goiter or Mammilla, Hell’s Bells (Detail), 2019, Appr. 178x228 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Marlene McCarty, Devil’s Snare, Male Pattern Baldness, Sag, Modern Mastery, Tumor or Goiter or Mammilla, Hell’s Bells (Detail), 2019, Appr. 178x228 cm. Courtesy the artist.

Marlene McCarty

Using everyday materials like graphite and ballpoint pens, she examines controversial societal themes ranging from social and sexual inequality or the role of women, through to transbiology.
Kunsthaus Baselland
Jan 24th – Apr 19th
Muttenz, St. Jakob-Strasse 170Map
Opening Reception: Thursday, Jan. 23rd, 6:30pm -9pm

Press Release

One of the most comprehensive presentations in Switzerland to date of the New York-based artist Marlene McCarty (born 1957 in Lexington/KY, USA/CH), who studied in Basel from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. She was an early member of the AIDS activist collective Gran Fury, which gained international recognition through their appearance at the 1990 Venice Biennale and other interventions. The exhibition has been created in collaboration with Merian Gardens, an institution belonging to the Christoph Merian Foundation.

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