women and painting: part 9

ELIZABETH GLAESSNER THE BROOKLYN-BASED PAINTER’S PASTEL-COLORED SCENES CONVEY DREAMLIKE VISIONS OF A POSTCAPITALIST APOCALYPSE, WITH HUMANS AND ANIMALS EMERGING INTO THE ARCANE, IRIDESCENT LIGHT OF AN ALTERED WORLD. “Women have come up with their own way of working because they’ve been excluded from conversations surrounding painting for so long. Whether it’s subverting techniques or inventing rituals, they’ve found ways to free themselves from a stifling set of standards defined by men throughout history.”