Mini Marilyn 77, 2024 (1944)

Mini Marilyn 77, 2024 (1944)After stepping away from the limelight in the early 1970s, Gill re emerged triumphantly in the 1990s. Described as a pioneer in the pop art movement, Gills works are visionary, timeless and universal. His iconic vibrant separations of light and shadow typic of news photographs are inspired by magazines like Time, Life and National Geographic and have been featured in numerous galleries. Gill was one of the first artists to paint Marilyn Monroe,

After stepping away from the limelight in the early 1970s, Gill re-emerged triumphantly in the 1990s. Described as a pioneer in the pop art movement, Gill’s works are visionary, timeless and universal. His iconic vibrant separations of light and shadow – typic of news photographs - are inspired by magazines like Time, Life and National Geographic and have been featured in numerous galleries.

Gill was one of the first artists to paint Marilyn Monroe, depicting the story of her life in his iconic ‘Marilyn Triptych’ shortly after her death. Following the success of his triptych, which remains part of the Museum of Modern Art’s (New York) permanent collection, Gill became drawn to Marilyn Monroe as a prevalent theme in his work.

The original artworks are modern embodiments of an idea that was ahead of its time, anticipating the omnipresence of social media and the struggle to protect a personal and private space of existing. These modern pieces are steeped in the history of the pop art movement and bring a fresh and exciting insight into the workings of one of the last living pioneers of the subject.

Described by the late scholar William Seitz as an ‘incisive and startling commentator’ who art is ‘timeless and universal’, he merges iconography with startling colour.

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