Wilson's graphic fluency and absurdist sense of humor (one piece features typewriter
keys floating like water lilies, another
pairs two gramophone horns blasting particles at each other) recall the 1970s
paintings of Philip Guston, whose figural motifs flowed with a prolificacy and naturalness verging on the speed of thought.
Key examples of Warhol's silk screen
paintings and Marisol's wood sculptures illuminate the artists» respective approaches to portraiture while the
pairing of their work brings certain affinities into view, including a similar use of repeating figures.