{"id":241,"date":"2019-12-05T22:33:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T22:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/?p=241"},"modified":"2019-12-07T22:33:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T22:33:53","slug":"contemporary-post-modernism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/2019\/12\/05\/contemporary-post-modernism\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary &amp; Post Modernism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LISA YUSKAVAGE (1962-PRESENT)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Yuskavage is a female conventional painter who enjoys painting nude female figures. Her painting style is best described as a combination of both realism and abstract. Yuskavage was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she graduated from Temple University with a BFA. She then moved to New York City where she now exhibits her paintings. Yuskavage\u2019s paintings provocative paintings take inspiration from a blend of soft porn magazines such as \u201cPenthouse\u201d and artworks by Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0066.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"242\" class=\"wp-image-242\" \/><figcaption>\u201cPenthouse magazine\u201d (1978) was one of Yuskavage\u2019s biggest inspiration to painting female erotica.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/penthouse-1978-10\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/penthouse-1978-10<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0068.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"244\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/?attachment_id=244\" class=\"wp-image-244\" \/><figcaption>Yuskavage admires Peter Paul Rubens as he is best known for his flesh nude paintings. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/jonathanjonesblog\/2014\/apr\/15\/top-10-female-nudes-art\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/jonathanjonesblog\/2014\/apr\/15\/top-10-female-nudes-art<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Yuskavage\u2019s paintings are really amazing in my opinion. She is very good at capturing the mood she wants to convey in her paintings. I think what helps her with that is how she is able to include artificial lighting in each painted scene to make it look realistic. What is interesting about this technique is that the hues Yuskavage uses in her paintings feel fanciful, almost as if it were straight out of an \u201cAvatar\u201d movie. My favourite painting by Yuskavage is her \u201cSelf Portrait\u201d (2017). At first when I saw this painting I thought she drew herself with three legs, but as I looked closer, I realized there is a man standing behind her, almost ghost- like grabbing her by the waist. It is a very different approach to a self portrait like the ones I\u2019ve seen from different art periods. I admire Yuskavage\u2019s careless attitude as she is not afraid to paint herself in such a revealing manner. She does not dwell on the critics opinions as she continues to draw women in a strong yet erotic way. I am glad that not all art history was dominated by the male gender painting nude women. I like how I get to see the shift in female erotica, how Yuskavage\u2019s paintings feel more genuine knowing that it was painted by a female herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0067-824x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243\" width=\"455\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0067-824x1024.jpeg 824w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0067-242x300.jpeg 242w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0067-768x954.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0067.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><figcaption>\u201dSelf Portrait\u201d (2017). Oil on linen.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuskavage.com\/artwork\/4543\">https:\/\/www.yuskavage.com\/artwork\/4543<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0070-1-928x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\" width=\"433\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0070-1-928x1024.jpeg 928w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0070-1-272x300.jpeg 272w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0070-1-768x847.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0070-1.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><figcaption>\u201dGolden Couple\u201d (2018) depicts the strong connection between man and woman. The evidence of drugs and alcohol and afro and moustache suggest that this painting was meant to take place in the time of the disco era.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuskavage.com\/artwork\/4565\">https:\/\/www.yuskavage.com\/artwork\/4565<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0069-927x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245\" width=\"455\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0069-927x1024.jpeg 927w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0069-271x300.jpeg 271w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0069-768x849.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9745\/2019\/12\/IMG_0069.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><figcaption>\u201cScissor Sisters\u201d (2019) depict two strong female figures surviving out in the wilderness. The way the women are dressed in their undergarments remind me of the Disney movie \u201cTarzan\u201d and how the two ladies are only wearing and holding the bare necessities for survival. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuskavage.com\/artwork\/4598\">https:\/\/www.yuskavage.com\/artwork\/4598<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brooklynrail.org\/2009\/03\/art\/in-conversation-lisa-yuskavage-with-phong-bui\">https:\/\/brooklynrail.org\/2009\/03\/art\/in-conversation-lisa-yuskavage-with-phong-bui<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisa_Yuskavage\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisa_Yuskavage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartstory.org\/artist\/yuskavage-lisa\/\">https:\/\/www.theartstory.org\/artist\/yuskavage-lisa\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuskavage.com\/artwork\/4565\">https:\/\/www.yuskavage.com\/artwork\/4565<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISA YUSKAVAGE (1962-PRESENT) Lisa Yuskavage is a female conventional painter who enjoys painting nude female figures. 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