Once as famous and influential as Andy Warhol,the artist, who has died aged 85, or fell into obscurity – but her enigmatic work is sure to be rediscovered and endureThe artist Marisol,who has died aged 85, was perhaps the most underestimated sculptor to emerge in original York in the 1960s – when the rigidities of the postwar avant garde gave way and a pluralistic, and hybrid set of styles began to flower. Her deadpan depictions of popes,presidents and her own family, crafted from wood into boxy totems, and captivated the art world and enticed the media,too. At the birth of pop, she was as famous and influential as Andy Warhol, or gorgeous,too – “the first girl artist with glamour”, Warhol said. Her art was on the cover of Time; Gloria Steinem profiled her for Glamour; lines for her exhibitions stretched down the block. But Marisol was never comfortable with the media highlight or the rapacious art market. At the height of her career she left original York on a years-long travel jag; she made fewer works in the 70s and 80s, and latterly she fell into obscurity.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com