Andy Warhol, Self Portrait, 1966-1967
Marisol and Warhol Take New York, now showing at the Perez Art Museum Miami, explores the parallel rises to success of Marisol (b. 1930, Paris; d. 2016, New York) and Andy Warhol (b. 1928, Pittsburgh; d. 1987, New York) in New York, during the dawn of Pop art in the early 1960s.
Marisol, Dinner Date, 1963.
The exhibit 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.
Born in Paris to Venezuelan parents, Marisol (María Sol Escobar) held a key spot in the New York art scene and American Pop movement. She aligned herself with Warhol. The exhibition highlights shared themes in the artists’ works: iconic Pop subjects of Coca-Cola and the Kennedy family; Warhol’s queer early paintings with Marisol’s investigation of the female experience; their roles as influencers in the New York gallery scene; and expansive ideas of installation. Integrated throughout the exhibition are Warhol’s silent films, produced in 1963–1964, that he made of Marisol and which capture intimate and magnetic sides of her otherwise reserved persona. These never-before-realized juxtapositions of early works demonstrate Marisol’s clear influence on Warhol’s early career and reveal the sincerity of their artistic friendship.
Marisol and Warhol Take New York runs through Sept. 5, 2022. For more information, visit pamm.org.