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Born
Mercy Hospital @ 3:10am
Daughter of Mark and Samantha Siskel. -
Pollock Mural
Jackson Pollock was commissioned to paint a mural for Peggy Guggenheim -
End of WWII
World War II officially ends. -
Interested in art
At age 10 she had fractured her left leg from jungle gym -
Decided to pursue art as a career
She wasn't good in sports due to her past fractured knee and wasn't fully recoverd from it and afraid to get hurt again. -
Drugs
Mary was introduced to drugs by her best friend and she was becoming a rebel and always getting into trouble in school. -
School
She attended her first semester at School of Visual Arts -
Factory
AndyWarhol's factory was established in 1963 and ended in 1968. -
Fun science fact
A first lung transplant was made in a human
BUT In 1964 the first animal to human heart transplant was made. -
First Gallery
She attented her first gallery at the Leo Costelli Gallery where she had one of her art pieces displayed. -
Family death
Her father, Mark Siskel past away of natural causes. -
She starts to drink
She is having a hard time to recover from her fathers death and starts drinking in her room unwanting to socialize and leaving her house. -
Art scene
Heavily invested in art scene (displaying her art work more, meeting artists, and visiting exhibitions) -
Meets an artist
She meets with James Rosenquist when searching for inpiration. -
Meets Andy Warhol
She meets Andy Warhol at the MoMa and gets invited to a factory party. At the Factory she met Janis Joplin. -
Janis asks Mary for an art piece.
Janis asks M.J. for the art work flyer for a Monterrey Pop Festival on June 16-18th. -
Cold path
She starts drinking heavily and smoking, doesn't leave New York. -
Spiral Jetty
Robert Smithson created 'Spiral Jetty' a famous art work in Utah. -
Opens a gallery
She opens her own Siskel Gallery in Manhattan.
She put the skate board piece, 'Veni-Vidi-Vici' for the grand opening. -
Friend's death
She attends Janis Joplin's wake party and scatters her ashes from a plane to the Pacific Ocean. -
Engaged
She gets engaged with James still living in New York. -
Married
She gets married with James Rosenquist at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Close friends of Mary and James attend. -
Preggers
She finds out she's pregnant and decideds to sober up and quit smoking for the health of the baby. -
Little Janis is born.
She has a girl and names it after her friend Janis. -
Work-shop
She opens up work-shops at her gallery open for any age group, the "LBA". -
'Pop Fizz #2'
She revisits old artwork and reinvents it.
Because she was having a mid life idenity crisis. -
Appropriation
Sherrie Levine created the work 'Untitled' after Walker Evans. -
Time machine
Siskel Gallery has an exhibition titled "Time Machine" of her old-new art work. -
little miss ''Spiritual America''
The nude picture by Richard Prince, titled 'Spiritual America'. -
Donates
Mary donates the money she had sold from her art pieces to the "LBA" non-profit organization. -
No More LBA
Siskel steps down as chairwoman of the LBA -
Kruger
Barbara Kruger makes her work 'Untitled' (Why are you here?),1991
Photograph and type on paper
6x4 1/2 inches -
Death
She died from lung cancer.
