On August 29, 2019, The Los Angeles Blade included a photo of my studio captured by William Short in their coverage of Love +/or Fear.
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Author: hausofmarsian
As an interdisciplinary artist and writer who constructs installations and time-based visual narratives that memorialize obsessional lives, I draw inspiration from offbeat characters whose private manias become public fodder for tabloids and reality television. In my practice, I combine dolls, artificial figures, performing objects, and elaborate costumes to investigate contemporary forms of animism, death, sexuality, and addiction. I am fascinated by the negotiation of personal identity – a repetition of a repetition for which there is no original – in an ever-shifting landscape of technologies that can drastically alter and re-map the body.
(In)/Animate Objects, Rosalux, Berlin
June 12-23, 2019, Selections from the J series of my (In)/Animate Objects collection were on view at Rosalux in Berlin as part of the group show, “Didn’t you know what you were carrying on your back?”.
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On May 13, 2019, The (In)/Animate Objects collection was on view one last time during Studio Night at the Bendix, hosted by 1717, the Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles’ experimental art collective.
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On Saturday, May 11th, there was a closing reception for Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad, Debra Broz at Track 16
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Whether it’s disintegrating dolls, mutant ceramic bunnies, or rescue animal pinups, the artists of Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad, Debra Broz, create playful, handmade responses to mass-produced objects and images charged with autobiographical fragments. On April 11th we gathered to discus our practices with moderator, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario. You can view our discussion through this Instagram TV redux or the entire recording of the event below.
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Angeleno Stories interviewed Simone Gad, Debra Broz, and myself about our work at Track 16.
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On April 8, 2019, Genie Davis reviewed Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad, Debra Broz in “Stuck Together Repurposes And Becomes Richly Subversive” for Riot Material.
How We Got Stuck Together
Whether it’s disintegrating dolls, mutant ceramic bunnies, or rescue animal pinups, the artists of Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad, Debra Broz, playfully handcraft responses to mass-produced objects and images charged with autobiographical fragments. Join me on a virtual tour, where we can survey the work for context… Continue reading “How We Got Stuck Together”
Art + Cake
On April 10, 2019, Art + Cake included the Artist Talk for Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad + Debra Broz in their lineup of must-see art events
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On March 29, 2019, 24700, News from California Institute of the Arts featured my D+R Residency at Automata for Model Killer in their blog article by Katie Dunham.
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