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Marisol, Mayflower, 1961–62. Wood and mixed media. Yale University Art Gallery, Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection. © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Alejandro Nodarse
Join us for a discussion and drawing exercise around Marisol Escobar’s Mayflower (1961–62). A close study of this magnificent sculpture—a box of “masks,” which were carved, painted, and assembled between 1961 and 1962—illuminates Marisol’s aesthetic and political concerns and provides an opportunity to examine this work in light of the artist’s two-dimensional body of work. Led by Alejandro Nodarse, ES ’19, this talk considers the role of Marisol’s gender and race in relation to her art and art historical reception, featuring (via digital recording) the voice of the artist herself.
Space is limited.