Many a disinfonaut knows the story of rocket scientist/occultist Jack Parsons, but have you heard of Marjorie Cameron, his wife and Kenneth Anger’s notorious “Scarlet Woman”? The New York Observer reports on a retrospective art exhibit focusing on Cameron’s work (if you’re in NYC, it runs until October 17th):
On Thursday night, a remembrance of sorts was held inside 76 Grand Street, the legendary former outpost, now reclaimed, of art dealer Jeffrey Deitch.
Close friends of occultist, artist, and iconic Los Angeles figure Marjorie Cameron gathered to share memories of the “Scarlet Woman” who starred in Kenneth Anger films and was married to rocket scientist Jack Parsons, amid a small but historic first East Coast survey of her artwork. The occasion for the panel on the woman and her work was a re-staging of the Los Angles Museum of Contemporary Art survey, or at least a portion of it, at the dealer’s Grand Street space.
Marjorie Cameron’s “Holy Guardian Angel According to Aleister Crowley,” 1966. Credit: Deitch/Cameron Parsons Foundation
Over the course of two hours, director of the Cameron Parsons Foundation Scott Hobbs, along with photographer Cynthia MacAdams, actor Allen Midgette, former video executive William Breeze and Mr. Deitch shared personal stories and anecdotes about the artist, while tracing Cameron’s trajectory as a influential figure among L.A.’s magical and artistic community.
She would often say to me, ‘Scott, you don’t know who the fuck I am!’” exclaimed Mr. Hobbs, imitating the artist’s raspy voice. “And some,” he added mysteriously, “say she traded her beauty for power.”
Cameron’s colleagues reminisced on the fiery spirit and striking presence of the artist, which they agreed never faded, but rather intensified as she aged—and whose many layers of artistic influence are only now being revealed to the public…
[continues at the New York Observer]
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