Of all the Pop artists of the 1960s, Marisol remains the most enigmatic. By examining and contextualizing her work over its long arc from the 1950s to the early 2000s, this internationally touring retrospective, the most comprehensive survey of Marisol’s work ever assembled, demonstrates the extraordinary relevance of the legendary artist’s unique vision of culture and society.
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Marisol: A Retrospective is organized by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. The exhibition is supported by a major grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. Critical work related to this exhibition and collection was made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The exhibition is curated by Cathleen Chaffee, Charles Balbach Chief Curator of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. The Dallas presentation is curated by Anna Katherine Brodbeck, Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art.
This exhibition in Dallas is presented by Bank of America. The Dallas Museum of Art is supported, in part, by generous DMA Members and donors, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture.
Images: The Generals, 1961–62. Marisol. Wood, mixed media, and sound recording. Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1962 (K1962:7). © Estate of Marisol / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Mi Mama y Yo, 1968. Marisol. Painted bronze and aluminum pole. Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Bequest of Marisol, 2016 (2018:15a-d). © Estate of Marisol / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; The Party, 1965-66. Marisol. Assemblage of 15 freestanding, life-size figures and 3 wall panels, with painted wood and carved wood, mirrors, plastic, television set, clothes, shoes, glasses, and other accessories. Toledo Museum of Art, Museum Purchase Fund, by exchange, 2005.42A-P. © Estate of Marisol / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.