American artists Archive
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Eva Hesse: “Pre-Sculpture”
Posted on April 4, 2013Kirsten Swenson, a contributor to the new book, Eva Hesse 1965, edited by Barry Rosen, writes here on the artist’s important transitions beginning in the last five years of her short […] -
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Notes from the Field: Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective
Posted on March 20, 2013Monumental is a word often applied to descriptions of Jay DeFeo’s The Rose. With an estimated weight of 2,000-3,000 pounds, “monumental” is hardly a misnomer. However what might strike visitors […] -
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Jasper Johns: Ways of Seeing
Posted on January 2, 2013Follow @yaleARTbooks An interaction with the works of Jasper Johns is an interaction with the processes of perception. His enormous impact on the development of Pop art, Minimalism and Conceptual […] -
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John Baldessari Cometh
Posted on May 25, 2012Introduction for a man who needs no introduction We are excited to share the news that the gorgeous, monumental Volume One of the John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné, featuring 500 color illustrations […] -
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Notes from the Field: Art Jam
Posted on January 20, 2012Zoe Strauss is an unconventional young artist whose exciting, provocative photographic work culminates annually in a show she organizes: “Under I-95” takes place under Interstate 95 in South Philadelphia. Her […] -
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The Feininger “Family Business”
Posted on August 2, 2011Covering the full breadth of Lyonel Feininger's artistic career, a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, "Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World", places him as a central figure in developing early 20th-century forms and the conversations that took place between German and American styles of art. -
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Going a Little Nutty with Jim Nutt’s Portraits
Posted on August 1, 2011“Jim Nutt has made some of the craziest paintings in American art” declares Canadian Art magazine in its Summer 2011 issue. The magazine’s editors apparently enjoy the craziness. Although they […]