This scholarly exhibition catalog and artist monograph explores drawing as the foundation of Marisol’s artistic practice, revealing a lesser-known dimension of an artist celebrated for her distinctive sculptures and assemblages. Throughout her career, drawing remained a means of personal expression, social observation, and artistic experimentation, allowing her to explore ideas that extended beyond the boundaries of her sculptural work.
Bringing together more than 100 drawings created over six decades, the publication traces Marisol’s evolving visual language, from her early studies and experiments with figuration to increasingly complex explorations of identity, gender, politics, and the human condition. Her works on paper combine humor, psychological insight, and imaginative imagery, reflecting an artistic sensibility that developed alongside, but remained independent of, the American Pop Art movement.
The volume also examines Marisol’s relationship with the New York avant-garde, including her friendship with Andy Warhol, and the influence of her international experiences on her work. Sculptures, archival photographs, documents, and stills from Warhol’s films provide additional context for understanding the connections between her drawings and her broader artistic production.
Drawing largely on the collection of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, the book features essays by Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz, Laura Vallés Vílchez, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Helena Vilalta, and Helena Lugo, offering new perspectives on Marisol’s creative independence and her place in twentieth-century art.
Published by La Fábrica in association with Centro Botín in 2026, this volume is an important reference for collectors and readers interested in Marisol Escobar, Pop Art, American modernism, contemporary drawing, and women artists of the twentieth century.
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