CAC - Marcelle Joseph
Thu 06 Mar
|Ascot
View the private collection of American independent curator and collector Marcelle Joseph at her home. Joseph is a passionate supporter of emerging and marginalised artists who are striving to make their mark in our white, male dominated art world.
Time & Location
06 Mar 2025, 10:30 – 14:30
Ascot, Ascot SL5, UK
About the event
Marcelle Joseph has had a long love affair with ceramics and textiles in contemporary art. Even before the current infatuation with this blended art form, Joseph has been collecting artists such as Turner Prize winner Jesse Darling, Turner Prize nominee Sin Wai Kin, Zadie Xa, Lindsay Mendick, France-Lise McGurn and Helen Chadwick. Maybe it was the influence of her great aunt who was the director of one of the top craft colleges in the US, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee. Maybe it was her fascination with art that embodies the female experience. Either way, it’s her passion for supporting emerging and marginalised artists that defines her art collection.
“My curatorial work focuses on gender and the performative construction of identity, and thus my collection follows along the same lines of enquiry,’ explains Joseph.
In 2011, Joseph founded Marcelle Joseph Projects, a nomadic curatorial platform that has produced…