Current Exhibition in the 21c Hotel Museum Storefronts
Hiding in Plain Sight
Tina Marcus
21c Museum Hotel Main Street Windows | June - August 2024
Durham Art Guild in Partnership with 21c Elevate Initiative
About the Artist
Tina Marcus creates figurative sculptures and multi medium assemblages using various forms of paper—tracing paper and cardboard; materials that are common, unexciting, and overlooked to reveal how the ordinary, extraordinarily presents itself that hides in plain sight.
About the Partnership and Public Art Initiative
Elevate at 21c presents temporary exhibitions of works by artists living and working in the communities surrounding each 21c Museum Hotel property. Elevate provides hotel guests and the public unique access to the work of notable regional artists, while featuring their work in the context of 21c’s contemporary art spaces.
The Durham Art Guild is finding new and unique ways to show the works of North Carolina artists throughout the Triangle and the state to celebrate the talent of the region, bridge communities together, spark conversation and reflect the diverse voices in North Carolina.
Special thanks to Tina Marcus for making this exhibition possible.
Curated by Tina Marcus with support from curators Dara Baldwin, Jonh Blanco and Liz Gage.
Presented by the Durham Art Guild and 21c Museum Hotel Durham
“Why is it hard for people to realize there is something amazing going on when there is no crowd, and no one or nothing telling them to pay attention? Hiding in Plain Sight delves into the dichotomy between oblivious and the obvious, importance and people’s indifference, attention, and the lack thereof and people simply not being able to see the remarkable world that is right in front of them.” Tina Marcus
Past Exhibition
When I think of Home
Malu Tan
Malu Tan (b. 1964, Manila Philippines) is a multi-media artist with a deep identification with nature. In her late forties, she obtained a Certificate in Painting from the Art Academy in London. She has shown at various museums and galleries, including Marin Museum, CA; Katonah Museum, NY; Ayala Museum in Manila; On Center Gallery, MA; Monika Olko Gallery, NY; Faber Birren, CT; and The Philippine Consulate in New York. She is a recipient of the Artist Support Grant and the Creative Renewal Fellowship in North Carolina. Her work is part of the permanent collection of The Yale-New Haven Medical Center, Childrens Hospital of the King’s Daughters, and Cartus Corporation, among others. She currently lives and works in Charlotte, NC.
About the Artist
My work is an attempt to find myself and capture the essence of a place. Through my abstract and narrative paintings, and constructed installation spaces, I explore the emotional gravity of a place as a way to understand myself and navigate through my everyday chaos toward calm.
I confront nostalgia and transitory feelings of longing for home by creating abstract spaces. I allow my imagination to collide, using the radiance of made-up scenes to find moments of joy. To me, creating these imagined scenes is as significant as seeing them.
Visit the Exhibition
206 West Main Street, Durham
Public Hours
On view and lit 24/7