Heather Benjamin is a master at drawing vaginas.

Whether exposed and flush with pleasure, obscured by thickets of pubic hair, or leaking menstrual blood, the 28-year-old explores that charged part of the female body in all its gore and glory when it comes to art.

Early on, the New Jersey native used old copies of Penthouse and Playboy, as well as vintage nude photos culled from flea markets and thrift shops, as raw material for her illustrations. The erotica helped power the many art zines she released. In “Sad Sex,” put out in 2008 when she was a student at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, nearly all the images were informed by her mighty collection of print porn. But while many of the women depicted posed with the alluring swagger of pinup models, their facial... Read More