Category: Art

Finocchio – Women & Performance, (published)

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Women & Performance, 2005

In 2005, Women And Performance: A Journal Of Feminist Theory published photos from my installation, Finocchio: The Holiday Classic.  For Finocchio I reimagined the idea of a commercial holiday window injected contemporary themes including gender, technologies that can alter the body, and addiction. The narrative was centered on a marionette “trapped” in the body of a boy-gyrrrl and hir journey to self-actualization. I created the original installation during the holiday season at the Dirt Palace, a feminist art space located in an abandoned library building in Olneyville, RI .

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Bryant University, Smithfield (artist talk)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Acting, Activism, Addiction, Art, Artist Talk, Bryant University, Curatorial, Design, Dolls, Fabrication, Figurines, Finnochio, Food, Growing Up Linda, Installation, LSD Kills, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, Michael Jackson, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Petra Kuppers, Photographs, Plastic Surgery, Puppetry, Puppets, Sculpture, Smithfield, RI, Table Top Puppetry, The Adventures of Michael Jackson and the Animals of Neverland Ranch, Theater, Toy Theatre

On November th, 2004, I presented my artist-talk at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI to Petra Kuppers’s Medical Visions/Medical Performances class.

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Transgenic Conjoined Ganesh/(es), Spiral, Seattle (installation)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Activism, Art, Design, Dolls, Fabrication, Figurines, Installation, Marsian De Lellis, Seattle, WA
Transgenic Conjoined Ganesh/(es), ©2004 Marsian De Lellis
Transgenic Conjoined Ganesh/(es), ©2004 Marsian De Lellis

I contributed Transgenic Conjoined Ganesh/(es) to Spiral, an installation of handmade dolls and figures at Sand Point Magnuson Park (a former military base) in Seattle. The dolls were set on fire on October 22, 2004 to protest the United States’ military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The impetus for Spiral came from monks who self-immolated during the Vietnam War. I wasn’t able to see the final installation, but I imagine it was beautiful and powerful.

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Green Insect Bunny Hybrid, Boston (auction)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Activism, Art, Boston, Dolls, Early Puppets, Fabrication, Gallery, Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, Marsian De Lellis, Photographs
Green Insect-Bunny Hybrid, ©2000 Marsian De Lellis
Green Insect-Bunny Hybrid, ©2000 Marsian De Lellis

On September 26th, 2004, I donated Green Insect-Bunny Hybrid a framed photograph of one of my early puppets to the Sunny Side Up Brunch and Silent Auction at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. Proceeds went to support the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth

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Wham Bam Trans, Pawtucket, RI (exhibition)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Art, Design, Dolls, Fabrication, Figurines, Gallery, LGBT, Marsian De Lellis, Pawtucket, RI, Providence, Sculpture
Gemini (conjoined at genitals), ©2004 Marsian De Lellis
Gemini (conjoined at genitals), ©2004 Marsian De Lellis

On April 17th, 2004, I exhibited my sculpture Gemini (conjoined at genitals) as part of the WhamBamTrans Arts Festival. Curated by Luke Woodward and Corinne Teed, the exhibition and arts festival took place at a warehouse in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and included visual art, film and performances made by trans and gender queer creators.  WhamBamTranswas sponsored by the Creative Arts Council at Brown Univeristy, the school’s Queer Alliance, and the Equity Action Fund.

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Side Effects – Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence (photography)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Addiction, Art, Gallery, Marsian De Lellis, Pharmaceuticals, Photographs, Providence, Side Effects, Woods-Gerry Gallery
Side Effects, ©2003 Marsian De Lellis
Side Effects, ©2003 Marsian De Lellis

From December 10th, 2003 – January 9th, 2004, I exhibited photographic portraits of pharmaceuticals form the Side Effects series at the Woods-Gerry Gallery in Providence. The pieces I exhibited were Large Zyprexa #46, Large Abilify #6, Large Serequil #11.  Each  print was 24.5″ x 24.5″. The exhibition was part of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Staff Show, where I was working as an artist model.

 

 

 

 

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Side Effects, Providence (photography exhibition)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Art, Design, Marsian De Lellis, Ocean State Coffee Roasters, Photographs, Providence
Metronidazole #52, #6, #37
Metronidazole #52, #6, #37

Side Effects was a body of work consisting of pharmaceutical portraits that went on display at Ocean Coffee Roasters in Providence from mid-July through September 10th, 2003.  The pharmaceuticals in the series included antibiotic, antipsychotic, and antidepressant medications. I used a scanner to obtain ultra-high definition images of actual pills which I then modified in Photoshop, and printed on high gloss photo paper.

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Harm Reduction Art Room, Seattle (photography)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Art, Dolls, Fabrication, Gallery, Harm Reduction, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, performing objects, Photographs, Puppetry, Puppets, Seattle, WA

December 1st-3rd, 2002, my puppet portraits were shown at the Harm Reduction Art Room, curated by Dopesick SF as part of the the Harm Reduction Coalition Conference at the Sheridan Seattle Hotel.

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Strings Attached, Providence (exhibition / curatorial)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Art, Curatorial, Design, Fabrication, Gallery, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Photographs, Pippin Roe, Providence, Puppetry, Puppets, Sculpture, Tealuxe

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Strings Attached, 2002
Strings Attached, 2002

On November 14th, 2002, Strings Attached, my exhibition of puppet portraits opened at Tealuxe in Providence, Rhode Island. In conjunction with the exhibition of puppet photographs were a collection of teapots and tea cozies made by local artists that I curated. Strings Attached ran through January 31st, 2002.

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