Her Own Style: an Artist's Eye With Judith Shea December 12, 2012

Drawn from the Academy's extensive portrait collection, sculptor and National Academician Judith Shea has selected a group of women artists' portraits spanning from the late 19th century to today for 'Her Own Style: An Artist's Eye With Judith Shea.' Throughout her career, Shea has been intrigued with the self-image of women and explores how a group of female Academicians portrayed themselves, shaped their personal identities, and, ultimately, chose to present themselves for the lens of history through portraiture. She has selected artists who bravely departed from convention, experimented with new angles and palettes and inserted the previously absent female protagonist into the genre. Shea has created two original sculptures, one of Elizabeth Catlett and one of Louise Bourgeois, two similarly iconoclastic and groundbreaking artists.