Review

SF Chronicle

“Laura Splan: Femina Potens”, by Alison Bing
March 1, 2005
SF Chronicle

..Splan balances corporeal and incorporeal, wondrous and weird...Splan’s show gives several new meanings to the phrase “anatomically correct”; the implants correct our own malfunctioning parts, and she corrects the implants with her own anatomy. But her show at the all-female, all-the-time Femina Potens Gallery also corrects another anatomical issue: the overwhelming XY factor of the art world, where strong solo shows by women artists such as this one are too often presented only during Women’s History Month...

Alison Bing
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