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Includes over 20 interviews with contemporary painters, including Shani Rhys James, Sungi Mlengeya and Sarah Maple.
Who were the pioneering female painters and who are the best contemporary women painters around today?
Discover the historic, contemporary, and global landscapes of female painters in Unlocking Women's Art. Dive into iconic movements (from Portraiture & Identity to The Avant Garde; The Nude to Landscape and Nature) and find out about the significance of female creativity. Challenge your existing views of women artists and look beyond Eurocentric ideas to learn about brilliant Indigenous and global artists of the past.
Includes over 20 interviews with contemporary painters, providing fascinating insights into their practices, themes and personal motivation. Interviews with artists including Shani Rhys James, Sungi Mlengeya and Sarah Maple.
Full colour with dozens of new and original images of the featured women artists' work.
P L Henderson
P.L. Henderson was born in the North of England and now lives in Lisbon, Portugal. She is an art historian and freelance writer who regularly contributes to publications on art, ecological issues and wider culture. Her research into the subject of women artists led to her creation and curation of the successful and ongoing social media project: @womensart1 (X, formerly twitter) and WOMENSART blog to platform the work of women artists. She has written the bestselling books Unravelling Women's Art (Supernova Books, 2021) and Unlocking Women's Art(Supernova Books, 2023) and was also one of the writers for Phaidon's Great Women Artists (Phaidon Press, 2019).
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