Defining erotic art is difficult since perceptions of both what is erotic and what is art fluctuate. For example, a voluptuous nude painting by Peter Paul Rubens could have been considered erotic or pornographic when it was created for a private patron in the 17th century. Nevertheless, I do agree with Genevive Zacconi, a young artist in Philadelphia, “erotic” is a problematic description. “I do not fall neatly into a genre," she says. "Some of my work is erotic and people say, ‘Oh, there’s a hot girl.’ But I mean to make you think about the psychology behind sex. You are meant to talk about the chemistry between men and women, the social games we play. So yes, I have been called an erotic artist and that is true, but I am not always making paintings that are supposed to get you turned on. I want to get you thinking.”