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The Wonderfully Perplexing World of Gladys Nilsson

by John Yau February 15, 2020February 14, 2020

Nilsson’s paintings come across as youthful and wise, a rare combination in any art.

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The Wild World of the Hairy Who

Avatar photo by Robert Archambeau December 1, 2018December 1, 2018

The Chicago version of Pop Art, embodied in the work of the Hairy Who, is sweaty, nervous, sometimes giggly or goofy.

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A Ribald World of One’s Own: The Watercolors of Gladys Nilsson

by John Yau February 5, 2017February 6, 2017

It is Gladys Nilsson’s attention to awkward and unconscious things that people do to themselves while out in public that makes her work fascinating to look at.

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Plastic Purses and Comic-Book Catalogues: American Postwar Art at the Margins

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty August 6, 2015August 6, 2015

Life-size knit body suits mingle with painted metal lawn chairs, plastic purses, and rows of zines and ephemera in the summer show at Matthew Marks Gallery, What Nerve!, which gathers the work of four outlying postwar art groups in the United States.

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Gladys Nilsson’s Portraits of Everywoman

by John Yau November 23, 2014November 26, 2014

There is something wonderfully incongruous and deeply disquieting about Gladys Nilsson’s art, which is primarily done in the medium of watercolor.

Craft in America Premieres New Season With “PLAY” and “MINIATURES”
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Craft in America Premieres New Season With “PLAY” and “MINIATURES”

The latest episodes of the PBS documentary series explore the intersection between play and artistry, as well as the world of small objects and the artists who make them.

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