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Lisa Yuskavage

Lisa Yuskavage (Born 1962) is active/lives in New York, Pennsylvania.  Lisa Yuskavage is known for Partially-clad female figure painting.

Lisa Yuskavage graduated from Temple University and earned an M.F.A. from Yale University.  It is said that she has responded to this success by being "mildly naughty" and "using her exceptional facility to produce knowingly dreadful paintings." Her figures are grotesque young sexpots with bloated stomachs, described as "just: disturbing, repulsive, enticing, beautiful. And sexy?" Some think so.

Initially viewers may draw their attention to two noticeable things, noses and breasts, both exaggerated. The "obscenely plump-ness and sometimes purple nipples that strike the unsuspecting viewer as strange," but also the deformity of both. "The breasts are disturbingly lopsided: as one sticks up, protruding at an odd angle from the body, another droops down. . . ." Along with the noses, which are practically snouts.

The unequal proportions of Yuskavage's bodies are skewed, yet achieve balance. "Their organs may be distorted, but the relations between them -- especially be   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1637 characters.]  Artist bio

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