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[[left margin]] 10 WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2964 [[/left margin]]

FEATURES
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IMAGINE WHAT it would be like if you had never in you life seen a sculpture by Rodin...or a reproduction...and suddenly you walked into a large studio filled with his monumental work. You'd probably flip! Downton on Broadway, Marisol Escobar, the Venezuelan gal who everyone in art circles is talking about these days, has a studio filled with her sculpture. I went, I saw and I flipped! Her show opens this evening at the Stable Gallery, 33 East 74th Street. Go see it! It's wild stuff!

MARISOL is a slim, sensitive, shy and rather chic young gal with a warm smile and swinging way of saying "Yea..." with a Spanish accent in reply to questions. She's been painting all her life and has been studying and sculpting here for 11 years. In 1957 she had a one-man show at the Leo Castelli Gallery and in 1963 was one of the 11 promising new artists featured by the Museum of Modern Art. Governor Rockefeller has purchased one of her works and l'Interdit commissioned her to do the mural there. Unfortunately it's all too hidden by the atmosphere. And...that painted fur with the nude on front and back which caused quite a stir back in the fall was hers as well. (Recall my poem, "Pop Goes the Easel"?)

Her comments ON FASHION..."The clothes they make now are things I always wanted to wear, but now you can get them, like these high button boots with the patent leather tips and these mesh stockings."

ON MEN..."I like good-looking tall men who are well dressed or ugly men who are intelligent."

ON AMERICAN MEN..."I like them because they're more neurotic, thus more interesting. You never know what to expect."

ON AMERICAN WOMEN..."the same."

ON MOVIE STARS..."Mastroianni...the only one."

ON THE MALE SEX SYMBOL OF TODAY..."Used to be Brando, but he's faded out. No one has really replaced him, except JFK."

ON NEW YORK..."Much more interesting than Paris...at least with the arts. Young artists here are more interesting. When I first came here, only a few groups were in vogue in the arts. Now, people from all over the world are here and working. New York is becoming more and more international all the time.

ON BOHEMIAN BARS...The Cedar Street at University Place and 11th Street and Stanley's of course at Avenue B and 10th Street.

ON NIGHTCLUBS...l'Interdit and Shepheards.

ON DANCING..."They change the steps so quickly. By the time I learn one there's something new."

ON MUSIC...all kinds...American jazz. I'm not very opinionated lately. All of a sudden I like everything. Of course, it depends on the day. Sometimes I'm in a bad mood and I don't like ANYTHING.

ON RESTAURANTS...Different places...I have no favorites because I always forget where I've been.

ON RELAXATION...drinking...beer in old clothes, scotch and water when I'm dressed up. And...best of all sleep!

ON WHAT'S FUNNY...Fat dogs with tiny legs, witty people and fist fights at the Cedar Street Bar.

ON MOVIES...I don't go often because I prefer seeing people immediately instead of through someone else's imagination. I don't like escape.

ON THE ALPHABET...D is for death because I am very afraid of it. F is for fid, N is for No, O is for Obesity, U is for Universe and V is for Victory.

ON WOMEN IN ART...This is something new. There will be more and more because of the emancipation. Sculpting wasn't ladylike or glamorous like acting or writing. Even today someone asks what you do. You say, "I'm a sculptress." It sounds horrible.

ON LIFE AND ART...I like to participate in life. Most artists don't. Art for a lot of artists is intellectual...art for art's sake. Art should be public and everyone should have it.

ON ME...I never met anyone in my like who asked so many questions! That's me job, sweetie!

-T. JAMES, JR.