Nudes and Women's Relationships — JOYCE POLANCE

NUDE FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS

These paintings depict women in intimate relationships with peers who may signify mothers, sisters, close friends, or lovers. Across a spectrum of emotion—tenderness, sexual tension, jealousy, grief, desire, and anger—I explore the complex relational triangles that emerge when people seek physical and emotional closeness. The figures are painted nude to signal both vulnerability and agency: an unguarded presence paired with the ownership of sexuality, desire, and the body. The work invites viewers to question their assumptions about strength, beauty, power, and intimacy.

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SPILL 60 X 72 in.*

GUARD 60 X 72 in.

DRAG 30 X 30 in. *

TEASE 30 X 30 in. *

PULL two versions, 24x 24 & 16 x 16 in.

PETITION 72 X 60 in.*

COMPASS 60 X 72 in.

PRODIGY 72 X 60 in.

TRIAGE 72 X 60 in.*

FINGER 24 X 30 in. *

NEST 30 X 24 in. *

DIRGE 42 X 72 in. *

BLANKET 24 X 30 in.

SHORE 60 X 72 in. *

BEACH 24 X 36 in.

BREACH 48 X 60 in.

WARD 48 X 60 in. *

SHOULDER 72 X 60 in.

SENTENCE 67 X 84 in.*

PROFFER 72 X 60 in.

TRUSS 72 X 60 in.

PAST 30 x 30 in. *

THREADS 36 x 36 in.

PROVISIONS 36 X 36 in. *

SCREEN 30 x 30 in.

OTHER 30 X 30 in.

CABIN 40 X 30 in.

FALL 40 X 30 in. *

AWAKE 24 X 36 in. *

ABSTRACT FLESH 1 60 X 60 in.

ABSTRACT FLESH 2 60 x 60 in.

ABSTRACT FLESH 3 60 x 60 in.

DISPATCH 24 x 24 in.

B&W DIPTYCH 14 X 22 in.

HOME 16 X 16 in. *

TAZ 47 X 60 in. oil on paper

STRAY 24 X 36 in. *

COUP 84 X 68 in.

GALL 72 X 60 in.

YO-YO 60 x 48 in.

OPEN 84 X 68 in.

TRIGGERS 72 X 60 in.

REPAIR 60 X 48 in.

VACUUM 72 X 48 in.

CAST 72 x 48 in.

CLUB 48 X 60 in.

ALBATROSS 68 X 84 in.