Artwork Title: Open Hand

Open Hand, 2015

Joan Semmel

Semmel’s lively, lyrical new paintings depict fragmented sections of the aging female body, often from angles that can only be seen by women themselves. The gloriously large-scale nudes, all self portraits and many from selfie-like angles, provide an intimate view of how women see themselves–not as some guy’s “piece of ass,” but as mysterious, powerful instruments, in control of their own destinies. Semmel, born in 1932, is clearly comfortable in her own skin. (http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2016/10/joan-semmel-a-womans-body.html)
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