Ewa Juszkiewicz is turning classical portraiture on its head. Draped in sumptuous couture, her female subjects recall 18th- and 19th-century masterpieces, but under Juszkiewicz’s deft hand, the sitters’ usual porcelain-skinned faces are replaced by the absurd—plants, an unruly tangle of ribbon, an insect, an elaborate hairstyle. These surreal, sometimes unsettling paintings are the artist’s attempt … Continue reading Ewa Juszkiewicz’s Surreal Portraits Challenge the Role of Women in Art