women and painting: part 3

SOMAYA CRITCHLOW THE BRITISH PAINTER PORTRAYS POWERFUL, VOLUPTUOUS BLACK WOMEN, TOPLESS, IN MINI-SKIRTS AND HOTPANTS, IN A TRADITIONAL PAINTERLY STYLE WITH A CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST ATTITUDE. “I think someone like Carolee Schneemann has made a transformative contribution to the medium of painting. Her transformation of painting is one of process, taking it off the canvas and into real space and time — as well as one of subject matter, the visibility of female sexuality in painting and works of art.”