[.ca] Vicious, Delicious, and Ambitious: 20th Century Women ... (ISBN 0764316346)

A Real Treat!:
This book seems long overdue, though at the same time it's hard to wonder why the women of the "lowbrow" art movement had to be relegated to their own book (rather than integrated more equally into other books on the genre). But hey, we gotta be grateful for what we get -- and boy, do we get some *great* art in this book. Sherri Cullison writes with real insight and warmth for her subjects, and with this many artists featured (twenty!), there's a lot to look at. One could almost say too much -- if I have any, mild, criticism of the book it's that the selection of artists is all over the map. There's "Juxtapoz" art stars like the astonishing Isabel Samaras, confrontational Niagara, always appealing Lisa Petrucci as well as the pleasures of new discoveries (Andrea Tucker -- wow!), but then there's questionable choices who seem like they need to log a few more miles of art road before they merit inclusion in a book like this. But that shouldn't stop you from purchasing and enjoying this exceptional book, guaranteed to give both your brain and your eyeballs a workout.