Published by Phaidon as part of its Contemporary Artists Series, the new monograph on Lisa Yuskavage’s work includes essays by some of my favorite writers, including Barry Schwabsky and Lena Dunham. The selection of paintings traces the evolution of Yuskavage’s practice. Lisa has been a guest on the About Art podcast, and the last exhibition I curated at the Aspen Art Museum was a solo show with her.
Lisa is smart and funny, creative and intentional. The same rigor she applies to her paintings is present in this book. The figures are familiar and not; the spaces are simultaneously constructed and psychological. You are drawn in, and then invited to stay with that feeling. Her paintings don’t resolve easily. Like life, they hold contradictions. They ask you to look longer.
This book provides the chance to look whenever and for however long you wish—continually.
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