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El Museo del Barrio

Exhibits: Marisol Escobar at El Museo del Barrio

November 5, 2014 by Kathleen Hulser Leave a Comment

7_portrait-of-marisol-jack-mitchellThe artist Marisol Escobar sculpts figures that are big and blunt, or bright and shiny, or whimsical and eerie. She has been called a New Realist, a surrealist and a Pop artist. Born in 1930 of Venezuelan parents, her friends and companions and mentors have included Hans Hofman, Andy Warhol and Willem de Kooning.

The current exhibition at New York’s El Museo del Barrio is on view till January. Traveling from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Tennessee, the exhibit features some terrific portraits, juxtaposed with works on paper that reveal a slanted take on the family. Curator Marina Pacini has selected a brilliant sample of Marisol works to reveal the streak of pain underpinning the dazzling surfaces.  [Read more…] about Exhibits: Marisol Escobar at El Museo del Barrio

Filed Under: History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Art History, El Museo del Barrio, Hispanic History, New York City, NYC

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