Marlene Mccarty: Sandroni Rey. (Los Angeles).(Brief Article)

In her recent show, Marlene McCarty continued her study of adolescent girls who become, through acts of violence, conflicted sites of sexuality and identity. McCarty's fascination is always with what might be called (pace Adrienne Rich's old theoretical chestnut) a lesbian continuum of erotic thrill seeking and aggression: Her subjects are usually victims and/or perpetrators of violence between women.

These large, finely rendered graphite-and-ballpoint drawings (all 1995-98) depict real girls, none of whom looks like she could kill (if only one knew what those looks were): ...

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