Ashley Longshore's vibrant and colorful portraits of some of the baddest feminists to do it, is now available in a new collection. ashleylongshore popart MightyWomen
Growing up in Montgomery, AL, mixed-media pop artist Ashley Longshore, 46, was taught that the “best way to be a woman” was to marry a rich man. But “that felt really awkward to me,” she says. “I wasn’t out blinking my eyes at my boyfriend to buy me a purse. I was tryin’ to figure out how I could never have to depend on anybody but myself to get those things.”
Longshore’s fascination with what it means to be a self-sufficient woman eventually became the subject of her new art book, Roar!: A Collection of Mighty Women, out now from Rizzoli. The collection features vivid original portraits of such powerhouses as Toni Morrison, Jane Goodall, Dolly Parton, Wonder Woman, and Cleopatra, interspersed with sparkling affirmations from the author, including “Standing ovation please” and “The bend and snap is a hoax.
In the fall of 2018, Longshore was summoned for tea with Diane von Furstenberg at Claridge’s Hotel in London. The fashion designer and philanthropist gave her a list of women to paint for an exhibition at the DVF headquarters in New York’s Meatpacking District. “There’s something about being surrounded by ginormous portraits of gorgeous, iconic, strong women that makes you feel brave,” Longshore says of the finished product.
“We need to be surrounded by these women, not only to see their beauty and their accomplishments, but also to understand how they’ve overcome hardships and rejection.”Longshore’s handiwork has also been stamped upon silk scarves, drawer pulls, and across the walls of the Bergdorf Goodman Cafe. But with all this glamour has come an understanding that being a successful woman is about more than fancy accessories. “Success is not a Gulf Stream and 100 Birkin bags,” she says.
Molly MacGilbert is a British-born writer and editor based in New York City. She loves cats, carbs, and comedy. For more, visit mollymacgilbert.com. Tags: Ashley Longshore , pop art , pop culture portraits , Roar!: A Collection of Mighty Women , new orleans art , art in new orleans , nola art
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