I remember the controversy of whether or not the “Balthus should still hang at the Met,” and the formidable articles asking “If Men Should Still Be Able to Paint the Female Nude” in 2019.

What is art history and painting, “without the nude” though, anyways?

The model makes themselves available, vulnerable, open; the artist does too.

Every portrait is a self-portrait. — Spring Art Review: Why Paint? Contemporary Art and the Academic Painter's Sacrifice to Beauty (The Archetypal Shadow and Feminine, Great Mother, as per Carl Jung, Erich Neumann) (Essay Describes Kali, The Artist, The Jew, The Black Model) (A Review and Summarization of my work)