Maureen Dougherty is a US painter and documentary filmmaker. Women includes her last four years of figurative painting beginning in 2021 during the Covid pandemic.
A move from studio practice of abstraction to the figure seemed too much like breaking for the comfort zone, but the results are enriched with humanity. The book also provides a conversation between the artist and Alison Gingeras with additional written contributions from Joe Fyfe, David Rimanelli and John Cheim.
Blurring Books, 56pp, 28cm × 22cm, paperback, 2024