New York Times T Magazine | "Joan Semmel Takes an Unflinching View of Her Own Body"
Daphne Merkin writes for the New York Times magazine:
"SEMMEL’S RETROSPECTIVE AT the PAFA is a thoughtfully curated (by Jodi Throckmorton), beautifully hung presentation of an entirely ravishing collection of her work. ... “Skin in the Game” is something of a revelation, and should put to an end any doubts about Semmel’s significance as an artist, not merely a feminist artist. As I walk around the exhibit, something the poet Adrienne Rich once said keeps dancing in my head: “A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.” It is a measure of Semmel’s enormous talent and intelligence that she has taken the monsters that besiege us and made of them something compelling and luminous and beautiful."
Read the full piece, which includes a visit to Semmel's studio, at the link below.
Photo credit: NYT, Emiliano Granado
