Article: BLONDE AMBITION.(artist Lisa Yuskavage)(Critical Essay)

Call it the mind/body problem. If I were preparing a slide comparison for class, I probably wouldn't pair Jasper Johns and Lisa Yuskavage. He is a notably cerebral artist who traffics in reflexive visual puns and sets up intricate perceptual conditions. She is all T&A, turning to cultural flashpoints to make her trademark fleshpots. But, just as Johns reveals erotic subject matter on closer examination, a roomful of Yuskavages reveals what you would more likely expect from Johns--meaning of a deeply hermetic sort, much of it linked to formal features. Despite the fact that she is often saddled with some variation of the "bad girl" title--a mantle she shares with Cecily ...

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