Marisol and Warhol Take New York

Andy Warhol, Jessica Beck, Angie Cruz, Jeffrey Deitch, Eleanor Friedberger

This book charts the emergence of Marisol (1930-2016) and Andy Warhol (1928-1987) in New York during the dawn of Pop art in the early 1960s. The exhibition explores the artists' parallel rises 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 Warhol's collection. Born in Paris to Venezuelan parents, Marisol (Maria Sol Escobar) held a central position in the New York art scene and American Pop movement. Over time, however, she was written out of the white male-dominated Pop narrative. By situating her work in dialogue with Warhol's, this exhibition seeks to reclaim the importance of her practice; reframe...