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Best known for her works depicting beautifully dressed women wielding construction tools, Reemtsen addresses the paradoxes of being a woman in today's world. Reemtsen's work expresses uncomfortable truths surrounding issues of gender inequality with power, poise and elegance. In these prints, strength and beauty not only coexist but enhance one another.

Cropped at the shoulders, Reemtsen's headless women remain anonymous and, importantly, universal. She draws the figures, dresses and props from her life in her Los Angeles studio. Family and friends are her models and she uses her …