John Yau

1 week ago | hyperallergic.com | John Yau

Suellen Rocca was one of the original six artists who comprised the Hairy Who. The Chicago artist group exhibited three times in the city between 1966 and ’68, then, in 1969, Walter Hopps curated the final Hairy Who show at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC. Nearly six decades later, what continues to impress me about these artists is that they each developed an individual visual language, and started tracing this trajectory at the outset of their careers.

2 weeks ago | hyperallergic.com | John Yau

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We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. Sometimes there’s nothing more satisfying than encountering the work of a creative force. Our favorite shows this week are each centered on a single figure. Some are visual artists, ranging from historical innovators (Volodymyr Tatlin) to under-appreciated names (Judy Linn) to perhaps unknown names (Abraham Lincoln Walker).

3 weeks ago | hyperallergic.com | John Yau

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3 weeks ago | hyperallergic.com | John Yau

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