Emma Stern
Artist
Emma Stern is an artist.
Stern's work deploys her formal background in traditional oil-on-canvas painting to achieve what is considered contemporary portraiture, made possible by using 3D software.
By using tools intended for game developers to create virtual female models that serve as her subjects, Stern's work emphasises and exacerbates the apparent inclination towards pornographic (or at least porn-adjacent) representations of women in 3D communities and gaming culture.
Persistent themes include subversion, perversion, fantasy, and a unique kind of off-brand feminism vaguely reminiscent of pop-up ads of the 'You Won't Last 5 Minutes in This Game' variety.
Emma Stern is an artist.
Stern's work deploys her formal background in traditional oil-on-canvas painting to achieve what is considered contemporary portraiture, made possible by using 3D software.
By using tools intended for game developers to create virtual female models that serve as her subjects, Stern's work emphasises and exacerbates the apparent inclination towards pornographic (or at least porn-adjacent) representations of women in 3D communities and gaming culture.
Persistent themes include subversion, perversion, fantasy, and a unique kind of off-brand feminism vaguely reminiscent of pop-up ads of the 'You Won't Last 5 Minutes in This Game' variety.
