Carole Burns on Celia Paul and Gwen John: Carole Burns explores painter Celia Paul’s new book, Letters to Gwen John, which sets out a series of imagined correspondence with Gwen John, the artist who inspired her
Carole Burns on Celia Paul and Gwen John: Carole Burns explores painter Celia Paul’s new book, Letters to Gwen John, which sets out a series of imagined correspondence with Gwen John, the artist who inspired her
This essay about, and review of, Celia Paul's 2022 book, 'Letters to Gwen John,' explores the complicated nature of this book: part memoir, part biography, part artist appreciation, part diary. As she draws parallels between her life and Gwen’s, Celia Paul turns these “letters” into an exploration of being a woman artist; of balancing art and life as a woman. As she examines the sexual relationships each woman had with a more famous male artist – Celia Paul with Lucian Freud, Gwen John with Auguste Rodin – the book takes its place alongside the Me, Too movement, examining the dynamics of power, passion and privilege wrapped up in each of these relationships.
Celia Paul, Gwen John, Me, Too movement
Burns, Carole
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24 January 2023
Burns, Carole
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Carole Burns (Author)
(2023)
Carole Burns on Celia Paul and Gwen John: Carole Burns explores painter Celia Paul’s new book, Letters to Gwen John, which sets out a series of imagined correspondence with Gwen John, the artist who inspired her
Wales Arts Review
Abstract
This essay about, and review of, Celia Paul's 2022 book, 'Letters to Gwen John,' explores the complicated nature of this book: part memoir, part biography, part artist appreciation, part diary. As she draws parallels between her life and Gwen’s, Celia Paul turns these “letters” into an exploration of being a woman artist; of balancing art and life as a woman. As she examines the sexual relationships each woman had with a more famous male artist – Celia Paul with Lucian Freud, Gwen John with Auguste Rodin – the book takes its place alongside the Me, Too movement, examining the dynamics of power, passion and privilege wrapped up in each of these relationships.
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Published date: 24 January 2023
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Celia Paul, Gwen John, Me, Too movement
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