Marjorie Strider was a core member of the 1960s avant-garde movement. She’s most known for her three-dimensional paintings of beach girls with “built out” curves, which were prominently featured in Pace Gallery’s 1964 International Girlie Show alongside other “pin-up”-inspired Pop art by Rosalyn Drexler, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselman. Her comically pornographic Woman with Radish was made into the banner image for the show, one of the first successful exhibitions of the then-new gallery. (via wikipedia)

At 78 years of age, she continues to remain active. Here we get a look at a more recent body of work which centers around the themes of feminine beauty and the girly pin-up, playfully juxtaposing male obsessions and the objectification of women. Her exquisite use and understanding of colour and composition, occasionally veering towards abstraction, firmly sets her among her Pop Art male counterparts.

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