Marlo Pascual: Making Something Out of Something

Marlo Pascual: Making Something Out of Something examines how photography can become sculptural and how ordinary images can be made strange, humorous, and unsettling. The exhibition brings together 17 works created between 2009 and 2014 by Marlo Pascual (1972–2020), whose practice transformed anonymous photographs found in thrift stores and online into objects with altered scale, fragmented compositions, obscured faces, cropped bodies, and physically damaged surfaces.

Pascual enlarged, folded, tore, shattered, and otherwise disrupted her source images, often placing them in thick Plexiglas or combining them with familiar but unexpected objects. By giving photographic images the scale and presence of furniture or sculpture, she emphasized their materiality and challenged viewers to reconsider everyday imagery. The exhibition includes works incorporating wood, acrylic, Sintra backing, Plexiglas, and a lamp, demonstrating her approach to recontextualizing found material and exposing the artificial nature of photographic representation.

When: July 24, 2026, through February 28, 2027.

Exhibition Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours may change, so visitors should check the museum’s visit-planning information for current updates.

Venue: National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Exhibition Location: MaryRoss Taylor Galleries on the fourth floor.

Works on View: The exhibition features 17 works made from 2009 through 2014.

Artist: Marlo Pascual (born 1972 in Nashville; died 2020 in Philadelphia).

Featured Works: The presentation includes *Untitled* works from 2009 through 2014, including a 2009 digital C-print and wood work with variable dimensions; a 2010 work consisting of two digital C-prints mounted on acrylic and Sintra; 2011 works using Plexiglas, including one with Sintra backing and another measuring 42 by 60 by 44 inches; a 2013 digital C-print measuring 50 1/8 by 40 1/8 inches; and a 2014 digital C-print mounted on Plexiglas and paired with a lamp, measuring 38 5/8 by 43 1/4 by 27 1/8 inches.

Admission and Reservations: The event page does not list a ticket price. Visitors are directed to reserve a spot through the museum.

Organization and Support: The exhibition is organized by the National Museum of Women in the Arts and supported by NMWA members.

Accessibility: No specific accessibility information is provided on the event page.