<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><img src="cid:ii_m1i1g4gy0" alt="2005_3_7_REF01_web.jpg" width="504" height="368"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Image caption: Marisol, <i>Untitled (self-portrait)</i>, ca.
1970, cast acrylic, Plattsburgh State Art Museum Collection, 2005.3.7</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Marisol (Venezuelan-American, 1930-2016), a Pop artist, is
most well known for her assemblage sculptures that pulled subversive messages
from the pages of magazines such as <i>Life</i> and <i>Time</i>. These
sculptures – often made from wood, casts of her own body, and found objects –
were easily identifiable because of their cultural references, making Marisol’s
work wildly popular. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The sculpture from the Plattsburgh State Art Museum
collection pictured here, <i>Untitled (self-portrait),</i> marks a sharp
departure from the work for which Marisol is commonly known. It marks a period
when the artist, frustrated by the war in Vietnam and the state of police
violence at home, abandoned the New York art scene and traveled to remote
locations around the world where she learned to scuba dive. The sculptures that
resulted from this period capture not only the alluring beauty of the ocean but
were also influenced by cultural politics and the growing environmental
movement in the 1970s.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This and other artworks relating to social and environmental
politics are currently on display in the Myers Building, room 232. If you are
interested in learning more about the Plattsburgh State Art Museum collection,
please contact Kara Jefts at <a href="mailto:kara.jefts@plattsburgh.edu" style="color:blue">kara.jefts@plattsburgh.edu</a>
for information on how to set up a visit, event, or class.</p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div>