"In the 1950s, Marisol developed a technique for combining painting, drawing, stenciling, casting and carving with ready-made objects. Her enigmatic assemblages combine an appealing mixture of illusion and reality, crudeness and sophistication. Although Marisol is associated with the 1960s Pop movement, her style reveals strong elements of assemblage techniques that originated in Cubist fragmentation and collage.

Marisol's wide range of themes and subjects frequently elude categorization. However, the vantage of time permits a view of her oeuvre that defines more clearly the varying elements that bond it together. [...]

Marisol evolved into a major figure in contemporary art. In 1963, Life Magazine commissioned a work for an upcoming movie issue. The result, John Wayne, is a satirical take on the super-macho image that the actor embodied. The artist's lifelong inclination has been to poke fun at the prosperous while conveying sympathy for the less fortunate. 'She is an artist capable of creating both a wonderful parody of the macho ideal represented by John Wayne and a reverent homage to South African Bishop Desmond Tutu,' notes Eleanor Heartney. 'She has made deeply personal works like Mi Mama Y Yo, a poignant portrait of herself as a little girl with her mother. She has also produced witty, caustic representations of world leaders like Franco, De Gaulle, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and sensitive depictions (represented in the exhibition) of artists Picasso, de Kooning and Georgia O'Keeffe in the later years of their lives.' "-Neuberger Museum of Art

"Marisol is best known for her large figural sculptures, which address a variety of subjects pivotally important in the second half of the twentieth century, including women’s social roles, new family dynamics, as well as historical and contemporary figures. Her sculptures, an amalgam of several artistic styles and references, are composed of drawn and painted elements; plaster casts, carved wood and stone, assembled plywood; industrial materials such as neon, Astroturf, and mirrors; and many found objects including clothing, televisions, and baby carriages." El Museo del Barrio

Marisol (b. 1930) grew up in Paris, France, and is currently based in New York City. Marisol studied art at the Jepson Art Institute, École des Beaux-Arts, the Art Students League of New York, at the New School for Social Research and she was a student of artist Hans Hofmann. Some of her most notable works include "The Last Supper," "Dust Bowl Migrants," and "Father Damien."