Artist Team: Gillie and Marc Schattner

Location: Pompano Beach Cultural Center, 50 W. Atlantic Blvd. Pompano Beach, FL 33060

Located at the south entrance of the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, We Go Together, created by artist team Gillie and Marc, is a whimsical bronze sculpture. The artist team is highly regarded in the art community all over the world. The New York Times once referred to them as “the most successful and prolific creators of public art in New York’s history”. Gillie and Marc are Australian contemporary artists, and husband and wife, who collaborate to create art as one. Together, they have applied the imagery of their dog/human hybrid to celebrate the powerful spiritual relationship that exists between man and animal. Their hybrid allows them to explore unconditional love, loyalty, affection and joy through by asking us to consider whether a human might benefit from some of the qualities of the dog.

The iconic characters they have created, Rabbitwoman and Dogman, reference Gillie and Marc’s own remarkable love story. They met in Hong Kong, she was a nurse from England and he was a boy from the ‘burbs of Melbourne. Seven days later they were married in the foothills of Mount Everest. That was over twenty years ago, and since then they have collaborated on their paintings and sculptures, as one, with a singular dedication and craftsmanship. Their art explores relationships and love, and finds inspiration in their travels around the world and adventures they have had, or hope to have, together. They hope that their animal/human hybrids makes people think by challenging conventions, expectations and societal norms.

For more information on the artist team, please visit https://gillieandmarc.com/