Marielle MacLeman charges traditional craft based processes with critical precision and conceptual rigour. Rooted in care, her works are applied studies of materials and contexts. From pulped nursing uniforms as paper, or tumble-dryer lint as cloth, to drawings made with the felled remains of diseased trees, reconstituted materials take centre stage in MacLeman’s unfolding corpus on care, service and labour.
Kate Strain, Kunstverein Aughrim
To Care (Act I)
To Care (Act I)
The Ballet of Stilled En(virions)
The Ballet of Stilled En(virions)
Peripheral Detachments
Peripheral Detachments
Ivy hazmat
Ivy hazmat
Care Quilt
Care Quilt
Armand’s carpet
Armand’s carpet
First cut
First cut
Relics of the future
Relics of the future
Riding the Franchises
Riding the Franchises
The streets, our brushes
The streets, our brushes
To a park
To a park
The combined works of man and nature
The combined works of man and nature
Dangan for Gropius
Dangan for Gropius
Machines
Machines
In the course of reconfiguration
In the course of reconfiguration
Dwell Time + Plants of Ireland
Dwell Time + Plants of Ireland
Sun, moon, bens
Sun, moon, bens
The fall then rise of sleeping Finch
The fall then rise of sleeping Finch
Poggio Reale
Poggio Reale
Final Reductions
Final Reductions
Immediate Extract Passive Resistance