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The Marisol exhibit at the Albright-Knox Gallery, 1285 Elmood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, is a giant WOWZA.

Marisol Escobar bequeathed the entirety of her estate to the museum.  She passed away in 2016.  She was an American artist by way of Venezuala.

The exhibition is a combo of substantial figurative wood sculptures and crayon drawings and watercolors that have a playful quality.  The figures are family members, self-portraits, heads-of-state prominent types and plays on other artists’ works such as a derby toting umbrella man from that famous Magritte painting.

It was a dream come true.  I love Marisol.

Monday, 10 am–5 pm
Tuesday, Closed
Wednesday, Closed
Thursday, 10 am–8 pm
Friday, 10 am–8 pm
Saturday, 10 am–5 pm
Sunday, 10 am–5 pm

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Marisol @ Warhol

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The Andy Warhol Museum is located at 117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Jessica Beck, the museum’s Milton Fine curator of art, has organized an amazing exhibition pairing Warhol and Marisol Escobar (1930-2016). The show is titled Marisol and Warhol Take New York.

It is a trip down memory lane, a story of two artists navigating the Pop Art world of NYC circa the 1960s. Marisol’s sculptures are an exquisite marriage between geometric wood blocks and proficient rendering skill. These three-dimensional portraits depict social values and popular culture tomes with whimsy and bold panache. I just love her work.

My friend Joyce and her family took a trip there last weekend. On Saturday, October 23, 2021, Jessica Beck will lead a tour of the show, complete with art making and sketching activities from noon to 4:00 pm.

The exhibition continues through February 14, 2022. In April, it will travel to the Perez Art Museum, Miami FL. Contact the museum for more info – (412) 237-8300.