Oh and.. Sorry I can't help myself ...
little art school critique coming out.... ehh try to stay with me.
on the opposite side of this genre of women painters painting uglypretty, and prettyugly I found Lisa Yuskavage who pushed this idea a little more,
I feel as though her approach was more challenging. her paintings take something beautiful, and paint it ... not? not ugly, for her paintings are beautiful paintings but...the women she portrays are not quite beautiful. I mean, they are close..but something is off.
It's confusing, for they exemplify everything considered attractive for women in vain modern society. Her girls have perky full breasts and round curvy hips..complete with teeny tiny waists. Exaggerating these features and pushing them to their extremes, even beyond their extremes what would be considered ideal or even beyond perfect turns....just bizarre. That's where the "not so beautiful" comes in.
I'm not so sure of these, but they're interesting alright. Plus, the artists has psychological problems I read? Or she has a shrink, but hey, don't we all?
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