So great to see this work again, a major influence in the 1990s for subjective feminine experience. How can I ever forget seeing the Bad Baby paintings at Elizabeth Koury Fine Art in Soho in 1993? Seismic! Now, what features in this intimate exhibition is the depth of Yuskavage's technical exploration, which is as deep and felt as her subject matter.
Yuskavage worked from friends as models,
Including her childhood friend Kathy.
She was a fiend on paper, in etching, drawing, ink...
Studies of plasticene figures for the exhibition Bad Habits, 2016
So great to see the studies for these iconic paintings~
Bad Babies
Two studies (this and next) for the painting below.
Monoprint: Neon Sunset, 2013 - the textures at bottom, from another surface, so rich, earthen.
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 for me.
I will always love this work.
