The Alchemy of Materiality: The Art of Marianne Spurr In the quiet, tactile world of Marianne Spurr, the boundary between the discarded and the divine begins to dissolve. A British/Japanese artist currently based in Brooklyn, New York, Spurr has cultivated a practice that functions less like traditional painting and more like an archaeological excavation of memory and texture. Her journey through the corridors of artistic excellence began at the Ruskin School of Art at Oxford University, where she earned her BA in Fine Art, followed by an MA in Painting from the prestigious Royal College of…