Lynn Umlauf, Marsyas and Apollo A. 2/6/94, pastel, ink, acrylic, vellum, 37 × 32 inches. Courtesy Penine Hart.
Lynn Umlauf, April 18, 1994, ink, acrylic, vellum, 38 × 32 inches. Courtesy Penine Hart.
“I’m fighting between control and letting nature take its course.”
“My work was just like art history; it was all Velázquez, Goya, Cézanne, and Soutine. But when I saw Morris Louis I saw a way into the present.”
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Featuring interviews with Kiki Smith, Arthur Miller, Steve Malkmus, Jayne Anne Phillips, Tom Noonan, Fiona Rae, John Edgar Wideman, Frank Pugliese, Diamanda Galas & John Paul Jones, and David Bowes.
Testosterone is the hormone that is the basis of patriarchy. So if you wanna get really deep, it’s like, Do I want to participate in that? I am totally a feminist and, as much as men might not feel empowered, they are in a more powerful position than someone with a vagina, or someone who is feminine or a woman. So what does that mean for me?
Becca Blackwell
