Prepared on the occasion of Lisa Yuskavage’s first solo museum survey at the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, this early monograph documents a show of over 55 works from 1995 to 2000, from her large-scale paintings to a series of hydrocal-cast figurines, alongside small paintings, monotypes, and works on paper. Capturing her distinctive, confrontational and meditative approach to figurative painting, Yuskavage collapses the distance between high and low art. Traditional genres like the nude, portraiture and still life are reworked through references drawn from mass culture, pushing ideas of female transgression and agency to the surface, resulting in painting that is grounded in history but unmistakably contemporary. This fully illustrated catalogue pairs visuals with critical insight, including essays by Marcia B. Hall and Katy Siegel, as well as an in-depth interview between Yuskavage and ICA director Claudia Gould.