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Franks dominatrix pictures showed at Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago, paired with portraits shed done of ballerinas.
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Frank was stung.
For one thing, shed recently written an essay forARTnewsabout her experiences with predatory men in the art world.
But more to the point, As a feminist, its your job to take risks, she says.
As a supporter of women artists, its important to take those risks.
), the task would prove difficult.
That said, the Grimm pictures dont send simplistic feminist messages, Gilman says.
They arent all images of empowered women.
Frank didnt have a simplistic read ofStory of O,either.
Until I got into Yale early, Frank recalls drolly.
Frank rereads the book every year.
At one point in the 1960s, it was the most-read contemporary French novel outside of France.
Frank calls it a love letter of seduction.
(The two stayed lovers, and Paulhan not only helped get it published but wrote its introduction.)
Frank divided the book into 15 different drawings.
I only have one sex scene and one whipping scene, she says.
To Frank, while the book may keep track of Os butt-plug size, its not about sex.
Nobody could stand being treated like that.
Why is it that female desire is something which is so scary?
you should probably be fucked up the ass.
God only knows what he wouldve done had he seen theOpictures.
It opens May 16.
Ive been painting and drawing women grasping at sexual power for ten years.
Now is the exact time to be having this conversation.
