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Author Archives: John Yau
John Yau has published books of poetry, fiction, and criticism.
His latest poetry publications include a book of poems, Further Adventures in Monochrome (Copper Canyon Press, 2012), and the chapbook, Egyptian Sonnets (Rain Taxi, 2012). His most recent monographs are Catherine Murphy (Rizzoli, 2016), the first book on the artist, and Richard Artschwager: Into the Desert (Black Dog Publishing, 2015). He has also written monographs on A. R. Penck, Jasper Johns, and Andy Warhol. In 1999, he started Black Square Editions, a small press devoted to poetry, fiction, translation, and criticism. He was the Arts Editor for the Brooklyn Rail (2007–2011) before he began writing regularly for Hyperallergic Weekend. He is a Professor of Critical Studies at Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University).
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How Soutine Showed de Kooning a Way Out
It seems to me that Soutine’s complete lack of interest in the cubists’ desire for order was exactly what appealed to de Kooning.
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The Second Act of Andrew Forge
After finding success in England, Forge walked away from everything he knew how to do and started over.
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Painting and Time’s Winged Chariot
Paint’s materiality has a capacity to release meaning into the work, to underscore our vulnerable bodily presence in the world and time.
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New Views of the Everyday World
Emily Pettigrew and Aubrey Levinthal are two painters who have much in common, but their differences run deeper and are more telling.
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What to Do About the Artists in Your Studio
If Philip Guston wanted everyone, including himself, to leave his studio, Franklin Evans seems to be inviting everyone in.
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Painting Abstractly in the Midst of Unending Crises
Alyse Rosner is grappling with the question of how to make an abstract painting reflect both the personal and collective.
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Where Painting Can Live
Jason Stopa’s desire to infuse his paintings with joy mixes sophistication and innocence without privileging either one.
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Matthew Wong’s Indelible Impressions
Just three years after he first devoted himself to art, Wong assembled an abstract vocabulary to create an entire world that is parallel to ours.
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The Gallery Dealer as Tightrope Walker
Rather than identifying with a style or brand, Klaus Kertess was remarkably independent in his choices, and was not averse to risks.
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Terry Winters’s Allegiance to Science and Abstraction
Winters’s art is about decisions, choices, quality of attention, the shaping of one’s existence in time.
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Yikui (Coy) Gu’s Tour of the US
There is nothing subtle about Gu’s work: it is in your face because the racism he encounters is always there.