Marnie Weber’s cast of unlikely characters includes a ballet-dancing bear, mythological animal hybrids, and ethereal “spirit girls,” all populating a surreal universe in the artist’s modern-day tableaux vivant.
The Los Angeles-based artist’s work appears on the cover of Sonic Youth’s album A Thousand Leaves and has been exhibited in cities from Milwaukee to Milan. Using a blend of video, installation, photography, sculpture, and live performance, Weber’s collages vividly illustrate haunting themes of isolation, longing, and personal renewal.
Read more about Marnie Weber, visit her website, check out an interview with Artkrush, and if you’re in Los Angeles, catch Marnie Weber at the opening of her gravesite-specific art project, Eternity Forever .
Click through below for a gallery of images by Marnie Weber.
Marnie Weber, The Great Circus Fire, 2008
Marnie Weber, Melancholy Elephants, 2008
Marnie Weber, Sea of Silence (film still), 2009
Marnie Weber, installation at Simon Lee Gallery, London, 2009
Marnie Weber, The Lighthouse, 2009
Marnie Weber, A Western Song (film still), 2007
Marnie Weber, A Western Song (film still), 2007
Marnie Weber, Wooden Bear, 2009
Marnie Weber, Panther, 2008
Marnie Weber, Warrior Pig, 2008
Marnie Weber, Marble Ghost Clown, 2009
Sonic Youth, A Thousand Leaves, 1998. Cover art by Marnie Weber