Five mixed media paintings from Danièle M Marin’s upcoming 12th solo exhibition in NOHO M55 Gallery April 23 – May 11, 2024
Biography
Danièle M. Marin was born in Paris, France, where she started her art education attending Art History lectures at the Louvre School in Paris. France. After moving to the United States, she obtained a MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, with additional post-graduate studies in Museum Training at the ZIMMERLI Art Museum, Rutgers University. In addition to having had ten solo exhibitions at Noho Gallery in New York, She has had a solo exhibit at Rutgers University (Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series) NJ, and has participated in the Fifth Annual International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence (Italy). Her work has been included in Art in America, Art News, Woman’s Art Journal (Rutgers), many other publications and books. Marin’s work is in the collection of the Montclair Museum, NJ; the Newark Museum, NJ; Merrill Lynch and private collectors.
Artist’s Statement
The “Fragment” Revisited: A Meditation
For the past few years, I have been collaging Image fragments onto my acrylic paintings, approaching many subjects, and meditating on the meaning of the image voice behind it.
I found this meaning in my own lifetime dimension, defying the laws of space and time, blending Past, Present, and Future—that is, my past, my present—where I am now—and the future on which I project many possibilities by way of the imagination.
I recently started to think of the Fragment as a LINK to something bigger, not only from the outside but from the inside, a presence, something living, moving like energy. Finally, I can grow and reconnect to the whole picture through my own lifetime.
The materiality of my paintings provides the means through which my ideas are embodied.
Note: The painting titled “Presence” was inspired by Mantegna’s Madonna with Sleeping Child, ca. 1465-1470.
Email: danielemmarin@gmail.com