"...features a nude Semmel peering through a camera. A fragile mannequin figure, posed on a table behind the artist, recalls the classical ideal that spawned today’s emaciated runway types. Its lifeless limbs contrast with the artist’s own strong arms and thighs, and and her dominating presence within the canvas." http://www.brooklynrail.org/2015/05/artseen/joan-semmel-across-five-decades