For more than three decades, Lydia Dona has generated enigmatic abstractions that join together legible and indecipherable parts.
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. He is a Professor of Critical Studies at Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University).
The Many Lives of a Purell Bottle
In Purell Night & Day, Susan Chen focuses on the ubiquitous hand sanitizer, a reminder of the isolation we experienced during the lockdown.
Artist Abby Donovan Pursues the Unnameable
The elusive connection between what we can and cannot express summarizes Donovan’s unique trajectory in contemporary art.
The Enigmatic Genius of Magalie Guérin’s Paintings
In her latest exhibition, what struck me immediately about Guérin’s work was that it neither looked like anyone else’s nor immediately disclosed its meaning.
The Indecipherable Mark-Making of Rosaire Appel
Appel’s vertical and horizontal formats suggest a narrative that can be read, but what is within their borders resists understanding.
An Original Artist in a World of Copies
Tom Burckhardt is a conceptual artist who has never defined himself as one because he knows the label is limiting.
Kim Uchiyama Captures the Light of Sicily
Uchiyama’s question was how to capture the collision between nature and the manmade, the changing light and aging ruins she encountered in Sicily
David Amico Brings LA’s Streets Into the Gallery
For years, Amico has driven around Los Angeles early in the morning and taken photographs in industrial neighborhoods of walls and surfaces.
Kevin McNamee-Tweed’s Objects of Amazement
What is most satisfying about McNamee-Tweed’s work is that he has not lost his sense of wonderment.
Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man
Time passing has never been a subject Jim Dine has avoided; he has long made art about getting old.
Can Geometric Abstraction Stay Fresh?
What singles out artist Don Voisine is his ability to remain a restless painter, capable of surprising his most ardent fans.
Ode to Yvonne Jacquette
Along with Lois Dodd and Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Jacquette successfully pushed back against Minimalism and Conceptual Art.