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“There is a thing about beauty. Beauty is always associated with the male fantasy of what the female body is. I don’t think there is anything wrong with beauty. It’s just what women think is beautiful can be different. And there can be a beauty in individualism. If there is a wart or a scar, this can be beautiful, in a sense, when you paint it.“

—Jenny Saville

On this day, May 7, the painter was born in Cambridge, England. “Jenny Saville: Ancestors” is now on view through June 16 at Gagosian West 21st Street, New York. Go check it out: http://fal.cn/4eps 
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Image: Jenny Saville, “Fate 1,” 2018, oil on canvas, 102 3/8 × 94 ½ inches (260 × 240 cm) © Jenny Saville