Seductive Subversion includes Marisol's John Wayne sculpture, commissioned by Life magazine for an issue on movies; the French sculptor, painter, and filmmaker Niki de Saint Phalle's eight - foot - tall
Black Rosy, one of her «Nana» sculptures exploring the role of women; Rosalyn Drexler's oil and acrylic work Chubby Checker, inspired by the poster for the movie Twist around the Clock, and Home Movies, based on frames from old gangster movies; the Times
Square — inspired Ampersand, a multilayered, stylized, and
illuminated neon ampersand in a Plexiglas cube by Chryssa, one of the first artists to utilize neon in her work; and a seventeen - foot - long triptych by Idelle Weber.