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John Hoyland’s Vibrant Austerity
Hoyland did not make calm or meditative paintings.
John Yau
John Yau is an award winning poet, critic, curator, and publisher of Black Square Editions. He has published over 50 books of poetry, fiction, and art criticism.
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Michael Berryhill Will Have You Seeing Faces
Berryhill has the ability to bring you to a place where you can never be sure of what you’re looking at.
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The Raging Optimism of Sally Saul
Sally Saul makes sculptures that are funny, sweet, and tender – states we are not likely to encounter in art or even in life.
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Brenda Goodman Cuts Deep
Goodman’s recent work is distressing, captivating, and weirdly funny.
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The Pleasures of Slow Paintings
These paintings are what the artist Suzan Frecon calls “slow,” meaning that they reveal themselves quietly over time.
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Ruth Asawa, a Pioneer of Necessity
Asawa was a woman of Japanese ancestry making art in the years after World War II, which was a double whammy.
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Peter Saul Knows What to Do with the President and a Hamburger
Some artists get the honor of having their work displayed in the White House, but chances are Saul will never be one of them.
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Hoot and Holler with Stanley Whitney
Whitney’s drawings cite influences from Harlem Renaissance literature to bebop.
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Stanley Twardowicz, a Neglected Minor Master
The unsung Abstract Expressionist wanted his paintings to show none of the effort he put into making them.
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Rosalyn Drexler Does Not Look Back
Since the 1960s, Drexler has continued to make powerful art and to go her own way.
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Portrait of a Young Artist, from New York to Vietnam and Back
The challenge for younger artists — particularly ones of color like Tammy Nguyen — is this: do you accommodate yourself to the marketplace, or do you find another way?
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Twenty-Nine Thoughts on Jasper Johns
He pushes back against the widely accepted view that the artist’s primary goal is formal innovation.