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Marlene McCarty's Ambiguous Adolescent Drawings at Artpress

publication · 2026-04-23

Marlene McCarty's large-scale drawings explore criminal news, adolescence, and parent-child relationships with deep ambiguity. Her work was featured in the exhibitions UN-SCR-1325 at Chelsea Art Museum in New York (March 2009) and Joyce in Hong Kong (Spring 2009). The article appears in artpress, a French contemporary art magazine.

Key facts

  • Marlene McCarty creates large drawings about criminal news, adolescence, and parent-child relationships.
  • Her work is described as deeply ambiguous.
  • She participated in the exhibition UN-SCR-1325 at Chelsea Art Museum, New York, in March 2009.
  • She also participated in the exhibition Joyce in Hong Kong in Spring 2009.
  • The article is published by artpress.
  • The article is titled 'Marlene McCarty : barbarie adolescente'.
  • The article was published on March 1, 2009.

Entities

Artists

  • Marlene McCarty

Institutions

  • Chelsea Art Museum
  • artpress

Locations

  • New York
  • United States
  • Hong Kong
  • China

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