Milroy begins his paintings with direct observation but ends up someplace that I cannot name.
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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Xingzi Gu’s Dreamlike Portraits of Youth
The tension between moments of quiet joy and inevitable calamity in Gu’s ethereal portraits is riveting.
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Abigail Dudley’s Paintings of the Observed and Imagined
I can think of no other painter who can so effectively pull the viewer into a space where clarity and puzzlement cannot be separated.
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Melissa Meyer’s Lush Urban Glyphs
Working with line and color for more than two decades, Meyer has shown that reductive painting need not squeeze out improvisation.
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Phoebe Helander Paints Objects in Time
Helander removes her art from the frozen time in which still life paintings exist and reminds us that the moment recreated has already come and gone.
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The Unclassifiable Brilliance of Joanne Greenbaum
Fiercely independent, the artist belongs to no art group, movement, or style.
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Tamiko Nishimura Makes the Invisible Visible
In Nishimura’s devastating photographs of everyday life in Japan, the past is never past, and the people are rendered invisible.
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Lothar Osterburg’s Inner Longings
The tension between optimism and yearning remains taut throughout the artist’s exhibition of photogravures and found-material sculptures.
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Remembering the Rebellious Spirit of Joe Zucker
More than any other artist of his generation, Zucker rejected the conventions associated with Abstract Expressionism, particularly its subjectivity.
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A Student-Acquired Art Collection Reflects the Times
Wake Forest University is one of the few American institution of higher education to establish a collection of student-acquired art.
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14 Art Books to Read This Summer
From an occult Renaissance manuscript and the history of eyeliner to Salman Rushdie’s new book, our staff and contributors have got you covered.
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Painting at the Periphery of Language
Mary Lum is interested in the deeply rooted human desire to make meaning out of everything, while recognizing that language is a slippery phenomenon.