Marjorie Strider

Art Brokerage: Marjorie Strider American Artist: b. 1938. Pop artist Marjorie Strider emerged on the New York art scene in the mid-1960's when her carved and painted wood panels of 3-D girls in bikinis were shown in the Pace Gallery show entitled "The First International Girlie Show", which also included paintings by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Tom Wesselman. Strider had her first solo show at Pace Gallery. Following the show, Pace Galleries dubbed her the inspiration for "The First International Girlie Show" and giving her numerous one-woman shows. The artist's oeuvre has been the subject of extensive art critical writings, including a monograph entitled "Dramatic Gestures," by Donald Kuspit and Raphel Rubinstein. Marjorie Strider is the recipient of major grants and fellowships including the National Endowment for the Arts, and Pollock/Krasner Foundation (2009), and her work may be found in public collections including: The Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas; and the Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT, among many others. Listings wanted.