Lisa Yuskavage: Wilderness
Publisher: Gregory R. Miller & Co.
Publication Date: 2020
Text by Christopher Bedford, Helen Molesworth, Heidi Zuckerman. Interview by Mary Weatherford
A new focus on the sublime landscapes in Lisa Yuskavage’s voluptuous figure paintings
Though she is arguably best known for the voluptuous female nudes that populate her paintings, Lisa Yuskavage’s work is just as focused on the ethereal settings in which these subjects appear. Yuskavage creates finely detailed landscapes that blur the line between the fantastical and the familiar, melding abstraction with realism to depict self-contained worlds. These outdoor scenes defy conventions of landscape painting with surreal color palettes of lush greens and delicate pinks, cast in a gauzy light quality that highlights the almost magical nature of her paintings.
Published in conjunction with a joint exhibition between the Aspen Art Museum in Colorado and the Baltimore Museum of Art in Maryland, this volume includes color reproductions of Yuskavage’s paintings and watercolors from the early 1990s to the present, as well as an interview between Yuskavage and fellow artist Mary Weatherford.
Details
Publisher: Gregory R. Miller & Co.
Artist: Lisa Yuskavage
Publication Date: 2020
ISBN: 9781941366271
Retail: $55.00 | $77.00 CAN | £50.00
Status: Available
Binding: Hardcover
Dimensions: 11 x 10 in
Pages: 158
Reproductions: 53
Artist and Contributors
Lisa Yuskavage
One of the most original and influential artists of the past three decades, Lisa Yuskavage (b. 1962) creates works that affirm the singularity of the medium of painting while challenging conventional understandings of genres and viewership. At once exhibitionist and introspective, her rich cast of characters and their varied attributes are layered within compositions built of both representational and abstract elements, in which color is the primary vehicle of meaning.
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