THE QUESTION IS...OF COURSE...IS IT ART?
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2009
IS IT OR ISN'T IT ?
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Now, you tell me...All of the hype about "Is it Art?"
... after viewing this exhibition of Lisa Yuskavage at Zwirner it was difficult to say? My own feelings are prejudiced because I abhor women being objectified, however, on the other hand, the artist really knows her craft and paints like a Flemish angel. Yes, there is a niche for this work, and the billionaire Steve Cohen, who is exhibiting part of his fabulous collection "The Women" at Sotheby's has "ONE"! Albeit, a conservative piece at that, but non the less erotic. However, the only cartoon-y reference in Cohen's piece, NIGHT 1999-2000, is the face and the ass, or should I say "cheek-y"comes to mind.
LIKE I SAID...this woman can paint...Yuskavage's inclusion in the COHEN COLLECTION is not a surprise, I am sure she has already made her mark on 21st Century art, however one has yet to decide if she is a "keeper" or a member of the flavor of the month club. It is hard to get serious about this work being a female in the 21st Century and to think that this painting NIGHT depicts the modern woman painted by another woman through a man's eyes. To me, not a critic per se, seems "too illustrative and decorative" to be serious art...Helene
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It isn't
I like being able to watch the video. As to whether it is or it isn't...I wish there were a grey maybe category. I'd put an awful lot of 'art' these days in that category
Well, Art, l would say we need many shades of grey
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