Figure painting

Remember how to ride a bike? London-based artist Eleanor Wang preoccupies herself with the instinctive movements that subconsciously propel us through...

Margot Sanders' monochromatic works luxuriate in visceral sensation, illuminating the ongoing tension between our skin’s surface and the tangible elem...

“The painting is treated like a body,” Sarah Lederman has said. “[It] is not something that is neat, pretty, and contained; it leaks, bleeds and excre...

Alexandra Carter explores the many facets of female identity with explosive ink paintings that run the gamut from delectable to disgusting.

Like a funhouse mirror, Helen Allois’ work distorts what feels comforting and familiar. The artist brings an Old-World sensibility to her uneasy dream...

Using symbols, Maximilian transforms our most toxic social issues into violent allegories that warn against the corrupting influence of power.

Canadian painter Ally Zlatar explores her relationship with food, weight, and body image through the lens of a longstanding eating disorder.

Vanessa Mckernan’s ghostly figures embrace a shared emotional response to life’s roller coaster, from the heights of pleasure to the most horrific pai...

Early in life, artist Ted Meyer was frequently sick. Since then his work has focused on the physical sensations the body absorbs over a lifetime.