Maripolarama
Maripol’swork as an art director and designer has influenced popular movements in music, fashion, and art since the early 1980s. She was the founder ofMaripolitan Popular Objects Ltd., a fashion accessories company that also designed merchandising for Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” tour. Maripol has art directed films by Marcus Nispel and Abel Ferrara; and music videos for Cher, D’Angelo, Elton John, and Luther Vandross. Her work has been exhibited at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Deitch Projects, and the Robert Miller Gallery, New York; and Musée Maillol, Paris. Maripol has produced films includingDowntown 81, which she also art directed,Just an American Boyby Amos Poe, andDatedby Edo Bertoglio. She has been published inThe New York Times Magazine,WWD,Time Out New York,ELLE, andi-D. Maripol lives in New York with her teenage son Lino.