ARTIST PROFILE PAGE
NAME: Betty Schaefer
BIRTH PLACE: PA
BIRTH DATE: 10.16.36
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http://www.bettyschaefer.com/
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BIOGRAPHY
I use dolls painted in a realistic manner with erotic poses, to draw the viewer into my critique of the way in which sexuality is pervading our entire culture through television, movies, fashion, advertising and our general day-to-day life.
Rather than painting nude men and women I choose dolls, which are not explicit sexually but rather suggest the overindulgence of sexuality in our society today, and become a more neutral medium.
This is shown more strongly by isolating the figures of the dolls on a Southern Yellow Pine Flakeboard with no background, removing distraction from the action being depicted in my art.
