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OverviewA much-needed survey of the influential feminist painting of Joan Semmel, with rarely seen drawings and collages This publication, the first comprehensive catalog on the painting of New York–based artist Joan Semmel (born 1932), traces the artist’s career from early abstract paintings through her movement-defining feminist art and activism and, finally, to the vital and monumental images that she is making today of her own mature body. The book gives readers the opportunity to experience almost 55 years of Semmel’s extraordinary work, including a selection of her rarely seen drawings and collages. In the face of persistent censorship and in defiance of deep-rooted sexism and ageism, Semmel has relentlessly made paintings that reflect the ongoing struggle for women’s equal representation, power to make decisions about their own bodies and sexuality, and empowerment through the self. At a moment when sex and body positivity have become international movements, this volume celebrates Semmel’s pivotal and under-recognized role in bringing these ideas forward. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joan Semmel , Amelia Jones , Rachel Middleman , Jodi ThrockmortonPublisher: Marquand Books Inc Imprint: Marquand Books Inc Dimensions: Width: 24.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 26.70cm Weight: 0.998kg ISBN: 9781646570164ISBN 10: 1646570162 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 16 September 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsJoan Semmel, along with other women artists who shifted from abstraction to more representational painting in the 1960s and 1970s, faced a challenge: Could they overthrow the centuries-old tradition of male artists objectifying female nudes? Joan Semmel: Skin in the Game, an illustrated collection of three essays that accompanies the eighty-eight-year-old Semmel's first-ever retrospective, demonstrates that Semmel faced this challenge by painting, literally, from her own perspective.--Fran Bigman Bookforum Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |