Penny Slinger @ Richard Saltoun Gallery

“More than 50 years have passed since I created the collages and poetry that comprise ‘50% The Visible Woman’. At that time I felt that women, both in the art world and in society itself, needed to be seen and heard and to have the opportunity to fully self-actualize. I felt that the cultural climate as it stood was not very conducive or supportive of this initiative. Therefore 50% was an attempt to break through this malaise and work like an enzyme to re-vamp the system and bring what was suppressed to the light of day.”

‘50% The Visible Woman’ attempted to rearrange perception, shatter preconceptions and open cracks to let the light in. Looking at the current climate, we have to just keep opening those cracks wider.