Lisa Yuksavage- week 2

Lisa Yuksavage is a traditional oil painter I found who focuses on the female form. What makes Yuksavage interesting is how she enhances the woman's curves and body in a softly sexual way. She does this to the point where it gives the feeling of a fantasy. One of the thing I love most about Yuksavage's work, is her use of color. I think she gets the most amazing hues to come through in her work that really add to the feel of each piece. One Huffington Post article states, "Yuskavage explores the paradoxical nature of beauty by painting cartoonish, child- like women in sexually-charged poses often set amidst an expansive landscape setting...Her work as a whole pushes the limits of voyeurism and eroticism." I feel like her work also conveys socio-cultural connotations as girls today are becoming sexually active much earlier in life, and the desire to be sexy is more prevalent within the younger generation of girls. Her painting depict an odd contradiction of innocence and promiscuity. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/lisa-yuskavage-birthday-female-artist-51_n_3280858.html)