Judith Godwin, Seated Figure, 1955. Oil on canvas, 83 x 47 inches. Courtesy Berry Campbell.
In this year of the woman, it is assumed that any woman painter calling herself "an abstract expressionist" never achieved the renown she deserves because the "old boy's network" of painters like Pollock & de Kooning and critics like Greenberg & Rosenberg discriminated against her. But does this really apply to Judith Godwin, eighteen of whose paintings, dating from between 1953 and 2006-2007, are on view at Berry Campbell (through March 16)? The only way you're going to arrive at an answer to this question is to go and see this frequently rewarding show for yourself. Read More
