So great to see this work again, a major influence in the 1990s for subjective feminine experience. How can anyone the Bad Baby paintings at Elizabeth Koury Fine Art in Soho in 1993? Now what features in this intimate exhibition is the depth of Yuskavage's technical exploration, as deeply felt as her subject matter.
Yuskavage worked from friends as models,
Including her childhood friend Kathy.
She was a fiend on paper in addition to paintings, working in etching, drawing, ink...
Studies of plasticene figures for the exhibition Bad Habits, 2016
So great to see the studies for these iconic paintings, featured in her first catalog and in the collection of Yvonne Force.
Bad Babies
Two studies (this and next) for the painting below.
Monoprint: Neon Sunset, 2013 - the textures at bottom from a rich, earthen ink.
The watercolors: still shocking. How I loved these. How surprising the shapes now.
The saturated color-world of desire, based in kitsch--the work was like a dream come true, capturing the sickly sweetness of teen yearning.
I will always love this work.
