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Article: Lisa Yuskavage at Boesky & Callery. (New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- February 1, 1997
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Anyone who suspects that the contemporary art world is essentially puerile will relish the career of Lisa Yuskavage. This 34-year-old has had it all -- Yale MFA, representation by good New York galleries, several prestigious fellowships and steady kudos from the critical press. Moreover, she has garnered these rewards by doing just two simple, mildly naughty things: using her exceptional facility to produce knowingly dreadful paintings, and trafficking in exaggerated versions of what she takes to be typical male sexual fantasies.
This show of works from 1996, Yuskavage's third New York solo, was composed of 13 paintings and one cast Hydrocal sculpture ...