Somaya Critchlow // Paintings

Somaya Critchlow // Paintings

Amanda Renshaw • Somaya Critchlow

ISBN-10: 8857244814 · ISBN-13: 978‑8857244815 · 2021

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Somaya Critchlow’s canvases and sketchbooks document an ongoing process of world-building that draws upon picture-making traditions from the Renaissance to the Rococo. By placing voluptuous, self-possessed figures within fantasy landscapes and domestic interiors, Critchlow disarms the distinctions between high and low culture. Her work interrogates the intersection of class and racial identity, bridging the gap between historical European painting and contemporary aesthetics.

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