Stories The Black Woman Body Paradox Natalie Willis · 10 April 2019 There are certain things that should unsettle us,
The Black Woman Body Paradox
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The Mark of a Woman: Portraits of black womanhood in the work of Gabrielle Banks.
By Natalie Willis. Reclining nudes, women posed ‘just so,’ we’re all quite accustomed to this kind of figuration and portraiture in the art world. Even those of us who are just dipping our toes into the wonders of the art world associate art with this kind of imagery. Art students at universities the world over can be found squinting in deepest concentration, poring over their depictions of a nude model before them – often a woman – and trying to figure out form, perspective, how to capture the ‘essence’ of this stranger they’ve met. It’s part of the canon, in many ways.