Lisa Brice: Smoke and Mirrors (2021)

Artist Lisa Brice challenges and reinterprets traditional depictions of the female nude. Her paintings contest the often mysoginistic nature of historical figuration — typically painted by white men for white men — by taking ownership over how women are portrayed. Acknowledging the parameters of art history, Brice’s works echo iconic compositions by artists such as Degas, Manet, Picasso and Vallotton, but lend their protagonists agency and self-possession. Condition: very good