John Yau

Art

Let Us Now Praise Humble Artists

In this time of self-isolation and social distancing, shouldn’t the art world consider celebrating artists who don’t require expensive materials or run up high production costs?

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Ways of Traveling

“MARFA,” a wall piece by Greg Colson, is a street map in the purest sense, and highly impractical.

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Why Something as Humble as Drawing Still Matters

What anchors Chuck Webster's work is drawing; he is not afraid to reveal himself through this age-old practice, using whatever means are at his disposal.

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The Power of Puns

William T. Wiley's message is urgent, disquieting, and necessary to these addled, disjointed, the rich-get-richer times.

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The Genius of Thaddeus Mosley

Mosley did not need the art world’s approval to keep going, but the art world certainly needs him for more reasons than I can count.

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What Do We Mean When We Say "Postwar American Art"?

The Filipino-American artist Leo Valledor has never quite received his deserved place in the history of Postwar American art, especially as that story is told in New York.

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Painting’s Divided Legacy

There are artists who paint, and those who use paint.

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A Major Korean Painter Begins to Get His Due

While postwar Korean artists are celebrated in the West, the strongest painters of the next generation remain under-known.

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There Is Nothing United About the United States or the Art World

Peter Williams doesn’t make things easy for the viewer, and why should he?

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My Meetings With Donald Judd

Judd hated the cult of the artist.

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Shaking Up Op Art

Takuji Hamanaka's works seem to have been made by a mason who lives in a heightened state of consciousness.

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Can an Artist Be Compulsive and Deliberate?

One of many captivating and delicious things about Harry Roseman's drawings is that he has dissolved the boundary between madness and rationality.