A tale of two Pop artists in 1960s New York
This book charts the emergence of Marisol Escobar (1930-2016) and Andy
Warhol (1928-87) in New York during the dawn of Pop art in the early
1960s. Through essays, interviews and prose, the book explores the
artists' parallel rise to success, the formation of their artistic
personas, their savvy navigation of gallery relationships and the
blossoming of their early artistic practices from 1960 to 1968. The
exhibition features key loans of Marisol's work from major global
collections, along with iconic works and rarely seen films and archival
materials from the Andy Warhol Museum's collection. By situating
Marisol's work in dialogue with Warhol's, this new collection of writing
seeks to reclaim the importance of her art; reframe the strength,
originality and daring nature of her work; and reconsider her as one of
the leading figures of the Pop era.