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Harlem

Judith Godwin

1930-2021

Harlem

Oil on canvas

46 in x 50 in

1981

Label:

“The act of painting is for me, as a woman, an act of freedom, and a realization that images generated by the female experience can be a powerful and creative expression for all humanity. My paintings are personal statements – extensions of myself. I take a truth, an intimate emotion, a question, an answer – and paint it. It is natural for me to mediate upon reality rather than on the romantic, and yet my work often results in a mixture of both.”

As Exhibited In:

Our Own Work, Our Own Way, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, February 12–April 17, 2020, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, January 21–May 21, 2023, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA, April 27–September 8, 2024, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA, February 9–May 18, 2025

About This Artist