Marianne Weil describes her studio process to the Parrish Art Museum curators
View the complete video of the selected artists with the Parrish Art Museum curators at https://vimeo.com/190123077
When Artists Choose Artists by Joyce Beckenstein December 6, 2016
“…Mid-career artist Marianne Weil is known for creating enigmatic bronze vessels that, in form and process, summon ancient, often mythic worlds. She creates them using the ancient lost wax casting method, a process she has evolved and coaxed to include another, unlikely medium—blown glass. This combination of transparent and fragile glass with what we think of as the impenetrable strength of metal takes many an unexpected turn in works such as Chiaro Curore (2011). Here a twisted assemblage of copper and bronze churns like a gestating form within a clear glass vessel. Bronze and glass engage in a reverse conversation in Cornucopia (2011 – 15), a work featuring an elongated golden glob of glass that appears to slither through a cornucopia-shaped basket of netted metal.”
Jurors and Artists at Parrish Art Museum by Sandra Tyler, editor-in-chief, Woven Tale Press; December 8, 2016
“Juried shows abound, but Artists Choose Artists, on view at the Parrish Art Museum, is unique in that the works of the jurors are shown together with their chosen artists. Each of the seven jurors selected two out of nearly 200 online submissions. This could have proved a particularly difficult exhibition feat—to hang works chosen by seven aesthetically quite different jurors who also happen to be artists—but curators Corinne Erni and Alicia Longwell did so quite successfully. “Artists Choose Artists is not only a wonderful survey of the richness and diversity of artistic talent on the East End,” comments Erni, “but a great means to nurture relationships between artists who are at different stages of their career.”
…Marianne Weil masterfully melds her primary medium of bronze with the more delicate of glass—a fascinating paradox and to aesthetically gratifying effects. A departure from her earlier bronze works that resonate of the relic and more rustic, these unique sculptures appear at once emboldened and fragile…”
Chiaro Cuore, glass, copper, bronze; 9 x 8 x 4 inches
July/August 2016 Arts and Culture Issue
by Nada Marjonivich
SCULPTOR MARIANNE WEIL WORKS
MOSTLY IN PATIENCE.
The materials are her dialect, articulating a tension that
“could not be described in other materials…
[about] the collapsing nature of life around us.
But then the rebuilding.”
September 3 - December 4, 2016
October 19, 2016
by Charles Riley II
"Sculpture is one of the genuine strengths of the 2016 Biennial. I am a longtime admirer of the expressive bronzes of Marianne Weil, and the small but dynamic work in the show is a wonderful introduction to her work for those who have not had the privilege. Combining cast glass, copper and bronze, elegantly mounted on a welded steel stand, Between Wind and Water works from all angles, including from below and above. "
October 25, 2016
by Mary Gregory
"Marianne Weil’s “Between Wind and Water,” translucent and shining, controlled, yet oozing, is a contemplation on containment and chaos. "
