Marlene McCarty's practice involves drawing, politics, activism and commercial work.
She worked with Tibor Kalman at the famed multidisciplinary design firm M&Co. and also at MoMA. In the late 1980's McCarty was a member of Gran Fury, the AIDS activist collective. In 1989, she founded Bureau, a company whose mandate was to produce art, film titles, political work and brand identities. Under the auspices of Bureau, McCarty designed film titles for
Far from Heaven,
Hedwig and the Angry Inch,
American Psycho,
Velvet Goldmine and
The Ice Storm, among many others. Included in her roster of achievements are a Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant (2007) and a Guggenheim Foundation Grant (2002–2003)
Image: Marlene McCarty,
Annointed: Beeville, Texas, 2007. Graphite and ballpoint pen watercolor on paper. 35x55 inches.
