THE CRUCERO ’26 SPECIAL EDITION PRINT PAYS TRIBUTE TO MARISOL ESCOBAR (1930 - 2016), THE FRANCO-VENEZUELAN VISUAL ARTIST KNOWN FOR HER DISTINCTIVE WOODEN SCULPTURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE POP ART MOVEMENT. BORN IN PARIS AS MARIA SOL ESCOBAR TO VENEZUELAN PARENTS, MARISOL EMERGED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND INTRIGUING FIGURES IN POSTWAR AMERICAN ART. THE COLLECTION WAS DOCUMENTED BY DILA RAMOS IN LA BOCAINA LAGOON, NESTLED WITHIN SAN ESTEBAN NATIONAL PARK IN PUERTO CABELLO, NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA.
‘LA FIESTA’
SPECIAL EDITION PRINT · CRUCERO ’26
FOR RESORT/CRUCERO 2026, KANOMI UNVEILS ‘LA FIESTA’, A TRIBUTE TO MARISOL ESCOBAR. INFLUENCED BY PRE-COLUMBIAN AND FOLK ART, MARISOL TRANSITIONED FROM PAINTING TO SCULPTURE, DEVELOPING A VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT WAS SPIRITED, INCISIVE, AND SUBTLY POLITICAL. HER WORK IS PRIMARILY RECOGNIZED BY HER THEMES OF FAMILY, SOCIAL CLASS, AND THE COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS. SHE HAND-CARVED EACH SCULPTURE, LAYERING THEM WITH PAINTERLY ELEMENTS, FOUND OBJECTS, AND SHARP HUMOR. THROUGH HER FUSION OF THE POPULAR AND THE SOPHISTICATED, SHE GAVE FORM TO SELF-PORTRAITS AND CULTURAL CRITIQUES. HER PRACTICE MOVED FLUIDLY BETWEEN FINE ART AND FOLK TRADITION, ELEGANCE AND IRREVERENCE. MARISOL CREATED A VOICE ENTIRELY HER OWN. HER SINGULAR VISION AND CHARACTER SET HER APART FROM ANY ONE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
“IF YOUR SPIRIT IS FREE, THEN EVERYTHING COMES TO YOU”
— MARISOL ESCOBAR, INTERVIEWED AT HER TRIBECA STUDIO, 2014
MARISOL, PHOTOGRAPHED BY JACK MITCHELL, 1978 FROM THE BOOK ‘MARISOL’
‘LA FIESTA’
SPECIAL EDITION PRINT · CRUCERO ’26
THROUGH A VISUAL LANGUAGE UNIQUELY HER OWN, MARISOL EXAMINED IDEAS OF IDENTITY, REPRESENTATION, AND SOCIETY. HER WORK EXPANDED THE BOUNDARIES OF ART AND CULTURE, OPENING NEW PATHS FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION THE RESORT 2026 SPECIAL EDITION PRINT ‘LA FIESTA PAYS TRIBUTE TO MARISOL’S PIONEERING BODY OF WORK AND LEGACY
