Shocked by the complete omission of all women artists from the main referential book on art history, Janson’s History of Art, American painter Coral Woodbury decided to right this wrong. In this episode, she talks about ripping out the book’s pages and painting portraits in black ink of women artists upon them, how she uses palimpsest as a metaphor, how she has accumulated knowledge and experience on numerous overseas residencies, examples of a few of the extraordinary women that Janson did not include, and how she also paints, in oils and in colour, women in other series of works.
Coral Woodbury talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
1952 Chevy Convertible and Drowning Artist from Havana Colours series
Ulysses from Palimpsest series
Georgia O’Keefe from Revised Edition
Lavinia Fontana from Revised Edition
Marie Braquemond from Revised Edition
Daughters of Unfinished History: Asawa, Thesleff, Bell, Vincenzo from Lineage series
All images are © Coral Woodbury
You can see more of Coral’s work on her website and on Hackelbury website
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial