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fromwww.theguardian.com
12 hours ago

A daring flash of pubic hair': the extraordinary, monumental nudes of Sylvia Sleigh

Sylvia Sleigh wouldn't paint people if she didn't find them interesting and by interesting, I mean attractive. She didn't idealise nudes like the old masters. Instead, the naked bodies she depicted were really, truly beautiful. Many were friends, among them artists and critics. Others were paid models.
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fromHyperallergic
4 months ago

Joan Semmel's Paintings Are Beautifully Disturbing

Joan Semmel's paintings present aging women's bodies as complex, unsettling, and non‑erotic subjects that challenge beauty standards through surreal, realist, and abstract forms.
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