Photographer and performance artist Renee Cox reclaims black and brown representations of women, deconstructing racial stereotypes that have historically "seeped through our Western consciousness."
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This episode also celebrates the figural work of contemporary painter Peter C. Bustin--learn why he is the first male artist highlighted in this series. :)
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Resources for this episode include writings of Lisa Farrington and Jonathan Square, Aperture Magazine, Columbia Museum of Art, Renee Cox website-reneecox.org, Peter C Bustin (Peterbustinartist on Instagram), and Sally Brown (sallery_art on Instagram)
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Image Credit: Renee Cox website

There is a fascinating link between women artists who get their voices across through the use of text within art. Words become an image. Contemporary female artist Meg Hitchcock "examines and dissects the word of God, deconstructing a sacred text by cutting its individual letters, and reassembling them to form a passage from another holy book." Her text drawings give voice to her personal journey as a spiritual seeker.
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Resources for this podcast episode include: Meg Hitchcock, Garrison Art Center and the writer Kate Tiernan. Thank you to Sally Brown Deskins for your interest in being on the podcast and for suggesting the next artist I will celebrate in Episode 95: Renee Cox. :)

Neo-Expressionist artist Elizabeth Murray breaks away from the artistic traditions of creating illusionistic three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface. Her artistic vocabulary has a "cartoony" flavor.
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Resources for this podcast episode include: Wadsworth Atheneum, Art Institute of Chicago, MOMA, Art News, PBS Art 21, and the writings of Robert Storr and Jonathan Fineberg. Image Credit: Wadsworth Atheneum.
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Are you a contemporary female artist who would like to be "exposed" on the podcast? :) Email me at [email protected]

Dada artist Hannah Hoch used photographs taken from sources like books and magazines she cut, pasted and assembled into new composition; a journey through a chaos of textures and discerning juxtapositions that challenge us to see modern life and "women" in new ways.
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This episode celebrates the exhibition of figural artist Elisa Valenti: "Radical Worthiness" at Established Gallery until September 27. Please visit their sites to learn more: www.establishedgallery.com and www.elisavalentistudio.com
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Resources used for this episode include the writings of Maud Levin, Kristin Makholm, MOMA, Tate and National Gallery museums and Another Magazine. You can see the images discussed at my website beyondthepaint.net and instagram at beyondthepaintpodcast. Image credit: MOMA

Journey with me through the stillness and beauty of still-life paintings that explore the fleeting nature of material things and the transience of life. In this episode we celebrate two female artists: Photorealist Audrey Flack and 17th century Dutch painter Rachel Ruysch.
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Resources for this podcast include Audrey Flack (audreyflack.com), Brooklyn Rail Forum (brooklynrail.org), writings of Wendy Slatkin, Toledo Museum of Art (toledomuseum.org)

Black, female painter Alma Woodsey Thomas composed brilliantly fractured abstractions of the natural world around her through painted mosaic patches arranged in concentric circles or stripes. Join me as we hover over a sea of red shapes and forms in the painting "Red Azaleas Jubilee." (1976)
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Resources for this episode include Wadsworth Atheneum (www.thewadsworth.org), Tate Museum (tate.org.uk), Studio Museum (studiomuseum.org), the poet Mary Oliver and author Melina Rudman ("Sacred Soil: A Gardner's Book of Reflections")

Join me for a conversation with contemporary painter Laurence de Valmy in her exploration of iconic artists, like the pioneer abstract painter Hilma af Klint, appropriated within the template of an Instagram post.
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Resources for this podcast episode include Laurence de Valmy, Create Magazine; (https://createmagazine.com/), and the Guggenheim Museum; (https://www.guggenheim.org). You can see the works discussed at my website www.beyondthepaint.net. Please follow Laurence de Valmy @laurencedevalmy on Instagram and visit her website at www.laurencedevalmy.com

Beyond the Paint with Bernadine is on a short sabbatical...Enjoy one of my favorite episodes, celebrating the modernist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker: Revolutionary Nude.
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I will be back in mid-August with new episodes including the work and conversation with contemporary painter Laurence de Valmy. (@laurencedevalmy on Instagram and https://www.singulart.com/laurencedevalmy)

Installation artist and sculptor Tara Donovan transforms everyday objects like foam cups, toothpicks and index cards, transforming the familiar into the unrecognizable through overwhelming accumulation.
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Resources for this podcast episode include: Wadsworth Atheneum (thewadsworth.org), Pace Gallery (pacegallery.com), Smithsonian American Art Museum (americanart.si.edu), Dia Art Foundation (diaart.org), and interviews with Marc-Christoph Wagner and Nora Burnett Abrams.

Journey with me through the evocative compositions of "lush" female nudes by the contemporary, figurative painter Elisa Valenti. Elisa also joins me for a conversation, a deeper exploration of her work and artistic practice. We talk body image, her personal connections with the prehistoric figure Venus of Willendorf and more!
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Resources for this podcast episode include Elisa Valenti Studio, Saatchi Gallery, Art Jumble and Create magazines and the Henri Matisse Foundation. Visit Elisa at elisavalentistudio.com or on Instagram @elisavalentistudio. Image credit, "Return to Nature," @ Elisa Valenti Studio