Lisa Yuskavage: Drawings is the primary career-spanning museum exhibition devoted to the drawings of the acclaimed modern artist. On view by way of January 4, 2026, this present on the Morgan Library & Museum in New York Metropolis highlights greater than three many years of Yuskavage’s intimate and ingenious works on paper.
Yuskavage is understood for her charged portrayals of feminine topics, infused with psychological depth, social commentary, and an everlasting dedication to the historical past of portray. Directly confrontational and meditative, her works purpose to blur the boundaries between excessive and low artwork, exploring conventional genres — the nude, portrait, panorama, and nonetheless life — with a up to date eye to problems with feminine transgression and empowerment rooted in well-liked tradition.
Lisa Yuskavage, “Rapture #2” (1993), watercolor (Non-public Assortment. © Lisa Yuskavage. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner.)
This exhibition reveals the centrality of drawing to Yuskavage’s observe. From early sketchbook pages to current large-scale compositions, the presentation consists of over 40 works comprised of 1990 to the current in a variety of media — graphite, watercolor, pastel, Conté crayon, distemper, gouache, ink on paper, and extra. Whatever the venture, Yuskavage permits her supplies to be her information. Her career-long inquiry into course of and materials experimentation has yielded solely new methods of seeing and comprehending the world.
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Lisa Yuskavage, “Sketchbook page for Blonde Brunette and Redhead” (1995), graphite, collage, oil, and pastel on paper. (Drive Villareal Assortment. © Lisa Yuskavage. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner.)
Lisa Yuskavage, “Still Life Wearing a Wig” (1999), watercolor on paper. (Non-public assortment © Lisa Yuskavage. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner.)
Lisa Yuskavage, “The Wee Outliers, State 3” (2012), drypoint and monoprint on paper with pastel touches. (Non-public assortment © Lisa Yuskavage. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner.)
