Fredericks
& Freiser is pleased to present a solo exhibition
of new work by Marnie Weber. The show will include her
new 16 mm film, A Western Song, along with large-scale
collage and sculpture. This most recent body of work
further develops the narrative that runs through Weber's
ongoing series The Spirit Girls, in which a group
of girls who perform together in a band die tragically
and then return as spirits to communicate their message
of emancipation. In this new development, The Spirit
Girls journey through a surreal western landscape populated
by strange characters bearing fantastical costumes.
The resulting images reveal a childlike world of wonders
with subtle and perverse undertones. The Spirit Girls
series was initially inspired in part by the American
Spiritualist movement of the 1850s, which is credited
with giving women their first public voice as "performers"
in this country.
While The Spirit Girls' narrative has built a parallel
universe in the realm of the visual arts, Marnie WeberĮs
band The Spirit Girls has simultaneously given several
live performances over the past few years. Most recently,
The Spirit Girls have released a new CD, titled Forever
Free, which will also be available at the
exhibition.
About the Artist
Marnie Weber is a Los Angeles-based artist who has had recent solo
exhibitions at Patrick Painter, Los Angeles; Praz-Delavallade, Paris;
and Emily Tsingou, London. In 2005, her work was the subject of a
survey exhibition at the Luckman Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, for
which a catalogue was published. This is Weber's fifth solo exhibition
at Fredericks & Freiser.
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