Japanese, based in Tokyo · painter and textile artist
Small, intimate paintings of everyday objects, flowers and domestic scenes rendered in a soft, illustrative hand. Akabane’s work turns ordinary moments, a shop counter, a vase, a handful of marigolds, into quiet meditations on memory and impermanence.
Website: akabaneyuna.com
Lisa Yuskavage, American | 1962 – present | Painting an drawing.
Creates provocative, color-saturated paintings of female figures set in surreal landscapes and dramatically lit interiors, blending Renaissance techniques with contemporary pop culture.
Her work challenges conventional representations of the nude, using heightened sexuality and lush brushwork to confront the male gaze and explore complex ideas about femininity and power.
Major exhibitions include MoMA, Whitney Museum, and Baltimore Museum of Art. Represented by David Zwirner.
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American | 1933 – 2017 | Painting
Created monumental billboard-scale paintings collaging fragmented commercial imagery such as car parts, food, faces, consumer products, into disorienting, dreamlike compositions.
