Self-portrait for gesture drawing, 2014

Aleah Chapin at Flowers Gallery, NYC, 2016

Figurative artist Aleah Chapin exhibits her newest paintings at Flowers Gallery. Interviewed by TheGreatNude publisher Jeffrey Wiener.

Janet A. Cook at Dacia Gallery

https://youtu.be/VpQT3ZjU8aA Janet A. Cook’s solo show at Dacia Gallery “Ars longa vita brevis” features a number of lovely, colorful paintings of the female form. See these beautiful works and watch the interview with Janet Cook on opening night.

NYTimes Video: The Feminist Pioneers Making Provocative Art About Sex

Here’s an interesting NYTimes arts video featuring some of the pioneering female artists like Bernstein, Betty Tompkins, Juanita McNeely and Joan Semmel, best known for their paintings, and multidisciplinary artists like Schneemann and Valie Export.