Marilyn Monroe

Artist: Brent Doty
Series: Artist’s Masterpiece Series
Title: Marilyn
Size: 48" x 48" 
Year: 2022
Medium: Serialist Mixed Media Painting
 
  This original Serialist Masterpiece by Brent Doty fuses the cultural force of Andy Warhol with the enduring iconography of Marilyn Monroe, reconstructing celebrity, femininity, and spectacle through a contemporary serialist lens. Built from layered imagery, repetition, and visual fragmentation, the painting forms a commanding meta-portrait—Marilyn made of Marilyns—reflecting fame as both currency and cage.
  Drawing on Warhol’s commentary on mass production and Monroe’s transformation into a global symbol, the work explores themes of visibility, desire, and emotional erasure beneath glamour. The serialist structure invites close inspection, revealing subtle shifts in expression and texture that mirror the tension between public persona and private vulnerability.
  Part of Doty’s Artist’s Masterpiece Series, this one-of-a-kind painting is designed to anchor refined interiors and high-impact environments. Ideal for female collectors, corporate collections, interior designers, and luxury condo buyers seeking a culturally resonant statement piece, the artwork delivers visual authority, emotional depth, and long-term collectability—an investment-grade work that commands attention while elevating contemporary spaces.