Women Painting Women On the Wall African American–

African American–

challenges conventional approaches and explores the role of images in a changing society

where he communicated his socially conscious

the birth of underground comic books in 1960s San Francisco with Crumb’s Zap Comix

José Lerma

Women Painting Women On the Wall African American–A thematic exploration of nearly 50 female artists who choose women as subject matter in their works, Women Painting Women includes nearly 50 portraits that span the 1960s to the present. International in scope, the book recognizes female perspectives that have been underrepresented in the history of postwar figuration. Painting is the focus, as traditionally it has been a privileged medium for portraiture, particularly for white male artists. The