Led by Dr. Batia Cohen, this program introduces Marisol, the Venezuelan-born sculptor who became a distinctive voice within the Pop Art movement. With her witty, satirical, and often poignant sculptural assemblages, Marisol examined themes of identity, consumerism, and femininity. Participants will learn how she stood out among her male contemporaries and redefined Pop Art on her own terms.

This program is part of the series Women in Art with Dr. Batia Cohen. For centuries, women have been relegated to a footnote or a simple phrase in the history of art. Usually, their art is valued at a lesser price than their male contemporaries. It is time to give them their rightful place and importance! Artemisia Gentileschi and the Baroque, Gabriele Münter and the Theory of Color, Helen Frankenthaler and the abstract expression, Marisol and Pop Art in New York, an