Angela Grossmann

Angela Grossmann, Platinum Series 3, 2022

Angela Grossmann, Slim Pink, 2023

Angela Grossmann, Electric Orange, 2023

Angela Grossmann, Blue Wisp, 2018

Angela Grossmann
With Themselves

Expressive, fluid, and frequently elusive, Angela Grossmann’s works may be thought of as traditional portraiture, but in fact she takes the genre in new directions. While Grossmann’s depictions have a remarkable human likeness, more significantly she brings psychological insights into the representation of the female as visualized in western society. Grossmann depicts the body because she is empowered by it and familiar with it—through observations, memories, and lived experience—and has now been addressing it in her studio practice for over four decades. As a woman, she is able to externalize the complexities of the desiring gaze, bringing to the fore representations of people, that not only celebrate beauty, joy, and the maternal, but also embody melancholy, introspection, as well as a subject’s own desires—in other words, unveiling the many dimensions of femininity.

Angela Grossmann: With Themselves continues at Equinox Gallery until Saturday, February 18th.

Angela Grossmann, Little Women 7, 2022

Angela Grossmann, Little Women 8, 2022

Angela Grossmann, Little Women 1, 2022

Angela Grossmann, Little Women 3, 2022

Angela Grossmann, Rose Gold, 2022