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12020-03-04T15:40:09+00:00Alicia Peakerfa9ce5cf6cff641fdb630497ef4559c09dbe185831Sue Coe, The Dinosaur, Snakes, and Society, n.d. Pen and ink on paper, 13 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Art by Women Collection, Gift of Linda Lee Alter, 2011.1.1842020-03-04T15:40:09+00:00Alicia Peakerfa9ce5cf6cff641fdb630497ef4559c09dbe1858
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12020-03-04T15:40:04+00:00(de)forming1gallery2020-03-04T15:40:04+00:00 The works in this constellation interrogate the idea of a singular and coherent biological female form. Is there one form? Is it natural? While society and the history of art suggest that such a form exists in an ideal way – whole, intact, orderly, and virginal – these artists celebrate the reality that “feminine forms” are performed and multiple. Contingent not upon biology or cultural norms these works “(de)form” their subjects, conjuring new possibilities for bodies unburdened by societal expectations.
