Marisol: Sculptures and Works on Paper

Memphis, TN: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2014. Hardcover. Color illus. paper boards with brown cloth spine, illus. flyleaves, 192 pp., BW & color illus. VG (Spine may be slightly faded; otherwise clean.). Item #147712
ISBN: 9780300203790

"The Paris-born, Venezuelan artist Marisol (b. 1930) burst onto the 1960s New York art scene with large figural sculptures in a wild amalgam of mixed media. Often satirical, Marisol's art is inspired by sources as diverse as pre-Columbian art, folk art, Cubism, and Surrealism. For the past several decades, however, Marisol has shunned the spotlight and her artwork has been overlooked as a result. Accompanying the first retrospective of Marisol's work in more than a decade, this long-awaited and beautifully illustrated volume offers a much-needed corrective, reestablishing her role as a major figure in postwar American art. Essays by some of the leading scholars of Latin American and twentieth-century art explore all facets of her work -- including her influences, the theme of family, American politics and pop culture, Native American rights and poverty, her role as a female artist, and her relationship to Latin America and Latin American art." (back cover) A solid consideration of Marisol's life and work.

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