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Article: Lisa Yuskavage at David Zwirner and Zwirner & Wirth.
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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There is sometimes a very thin line separating high and low art--Thomas Kinkade's clotted English cottages aren't that far stylistically from John Constable's rustic English landscapes, while LeRoy Neiman does a creditable imitation of certain aspects of Post-Impressionism. In Lisa Yuskavage's paintings, the line is drawn between a diverse pantheon of Western masters and the favored styles of those who may never have seen the inside of a major art museum. Echoes of Vermeer and Goya jostle against the spirit of calendar pinups and Catholic kitsch. Meanwhile Yuskavage acknowledges her debt to artists like de Chirico and Caravaggio, who also found themselves vulnerable to ...
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January 1, 2007 ;
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... ... Kmart, or if Pierre Bonnard were interested in what it might feel like to be pregnant, then their paintings might resemble Lisa Yuskavage's new work. As it is, no one makes pictures like hers. Showing in New York for the first time since 2003, Yuskavage ...
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