Three semi-nude women wander among canvases and easels—in a setting resembling a painting studio or an art storage room—bathed in extraordinarily warm light.
Within the emotional formalism that characterizes her work, Yuskavage has developed—over the course of thirty years—a disruptive and original approach to figurative art. She creates bold, eccentric, exhibitionistic, and introspective figures that hover between the categories of object and subject, thereby challenging the viewer's position.
In her compositions, the artist fosters an interplay between abstract and realistic elements, where the use of color plays a decisive role in defining motifs; these motifs draw upon art history and popular culture, prompting reflections on the sacred and the profane, as well as on harmony and dissonance.