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John Wesley - Curriculum Vitae |
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1928 born in Los Angeles |
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Education |
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| 1947-50 |
Los Angeles City College und U.C.L.A. |
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Solo Shows |
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| 2005 |
Paintings on Paper, Krefeld Kunstverein, Krefeld, Germany (forthcoming) |
| 2004 |
New Paintings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 2003 |
New Paintings, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York |
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Paintings on paper, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2002 |
Time and Again, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles |
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New Paintings, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York |
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New Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, London |
| 2001 |
John Wesley Love's Lust, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University,
Cambridge, USA |
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Onnasch Ausstellungen, Berlin, Germany |
| 2000 |
John Wesley:Retrospective, Contemporary Art Center, Long Island
City, New York |
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Nudes, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas |
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Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1998 |
Irish Paintings, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New
York City |
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Paintings and Gouaches, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas |
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Women, Danese Gallery, New York |
| 1996 |
Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York City, Man & Beast:
1965-1996 |
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Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 1994 |
Jose Freire Fine Art, New York City |
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Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne |
| 1993 |
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, John Wesley: A Retrospective
(catalogue) |
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Portikus, Frankfurt, John Wesley: A Retrospective |
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DAAD Galerie, Berlin, John Wesley: Retrospective: Works
on Paper |
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Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany, John Wesley: Retrospective:
Works on Paper |
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Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich, Works on Paper |
| 1993, 87 |
101 Spring Street Gallery, New York City |
| 1992 |
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, A Retrospective
View 1962- 1992 |
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Galerie Antoine Candeau, Paris, Twelve Nudes |
| 1991 |
fiction/nonfiction, New York City (catalogue |
| 1990 |
Drew Gallery, Canterbury, England, Works on Paper (and
traveling exhibition) |
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fiction/nonfiction, New York City, Selected Paintings:
1963 - 1973 |
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Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas (curated by Donald Judd/catalogue/introduction
by Dan Flavin) |
| 1989, 85, 73 |
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1984, 83, 82, 80, 79, 78, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 69, 67,
65, 64, 63 |
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York City |
| 1983 |
Reinhard Onnasch Ausstellungen, Berlin, Cheep! Paintings
from the Years 1962 through 1982 (catalogue) |
| 1974 |
University of Rochester, New York |
| 1973 |
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne |
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Selected group exhibitions |
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| 2003 |
Funny Papers, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles |
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POP thu OUT, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea |
| 2002 |
The Presidential Suite, Nassau County Museum of Art, New York |
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Painting &Sculpture &Sculpture, Wall Street Rising, New
York |
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Summer 2002, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York |
| 2001 |
Pop Art: US/UK Connections 1956-66, The Menil Collection, Houston,
Texas |
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The "W" show, Museum of Dole, France |
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Locating Drawing, Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| 2000 |
The Figure: another side of modernism paintings, 1950 to the present,
Newhouse Center of Contemporary Art, Staten Island, New York |
| 1999 |
Group show, Galerie Nacht St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria |
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Contemporary Collectors, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego,
La Jolla, CA |
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Robert Grovsnor, Andreas Gursky, John Wesley, The Carnegie Museum
of Art, Pittsburgh, USA |
| 1998 |
Rupertinum, Salzburg, Ideal und Wirklichkeit - Das Bild
des Körpers in der Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts von Bonnard bis Warhol
(catalogue) |
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Bathroom, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York |
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Americans, The J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, USA |
| 1996 |
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, Reflection
and Renewal: The Painters and Sculptors of The MacDowell Colony (catalogue/
traveling exhibition to Equitable Gallery, New York City; Wichita Art Museum,
Wichita, Kansas) |
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Third International Gramercy Art Hotel, Jessica Fredericks
Gallery, About Face (curated by Andrew Freiser) |
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James Graham & Sons, New York City, Animundi |
| 1995 |
Apex Art, New York City, Dutch Wives, Phone Sex & Other
Cheap Thrills (curated by Jessica Fredericks and Andrew Freiser) |
| 1994 |
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, Single-Cel
Creatures: Cartoons and their Influence on the Contemporary Arts
(curated by Tom Zummer) |
| 1993 |
Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy, Drawing the Line
Against AIDS (curated by Klaus Kertess ,with catalogue/traveling to
the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City) |
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Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, Twenty Year Anniversary
Exhibition |
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Joseph Freire Fine Arts, Project Space, New York City, Ava
Gerber and John Wesley |
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Thread Waxing Space, New York City, I am The Enunciator
(curated by Christian Leigh, with catalogue) |
| 1992-93 |
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Hand Painted
Pop 1957-1962 (catalogue/and traveling exhibition to The Museum of Contemporary
Art; Chicago and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City) |
| 1992 |
Asher-Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, Bedroom Pictures
(curated by Terry R. Myers/catalogue) |
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Wexner Center for Contemporary Art, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Re: Framing Cartoons (curated by Tom Zummer/catalogue) |
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Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, Works on Paper |
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P.S. 1 Museum, The Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Island
City, New York, Slow Art: Painting in New York Now |
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fiction/nonfiction, New York City, The Whole Part: John
Cooplans, Rona Pondick and John Wesley |
| 1991-92 |
Royal Academy of Arts London, Pop Art (catalogue and
traveling to: Museum Ludwig Cologne and Centro de Arte Reina Sophia Madrid) |
| 1991 |
Galeria Fernando Alcolea, Barcelona, Rope (curated
by Christian Leigh/catalogue |
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Galerie Ronny Van De Velde, Antwerp, Belgium, About Collecting:
Four Collectors. Four Spaces |
| 1990-91 |
fiction/nonfiction, New York City, Summer Group Exhibition |
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Asher-Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, Gallery Selections |
| 1988 |
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Comic Iconoclasm |
| 1987 |
Brain Trust, Tokyo, Pop Art USA-UK '60s in the '80's (catalogue/essay
by Marco Livingston) |
| 1983 |
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, The
Comic Art Show |
| 1978 |
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, Cartoons |
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P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York, Another Aspect of Pop
Art (curated by Per Jensen) |
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The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, Art
About Art |
| 1976 |
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Painting and Sculpture Today
'76 |
| 1974 |
Alan Frumkin Gallery, New York City, American Painting
from 1961 |
| 1972 |
Documenta 5, Kassel, West Germany (catalogue) |
| 1969 |
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Painting and Sculpture Today
'69 |
| 1969, 68 |
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, Painting
Annual |
| 1968 |
American Federation of the Arts, traveling exhibition, Patriotic
Images in American Art |
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American Federation of the Arts, traveling exhibition, The
Figure |
| 1967 |
Instituto di Tella, Buenos Aires, Premio International |
| 1966 |
American Federation of the Arts, traveling exhibition, Pop
Eleven |
| 1965 |
Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin, Pop Art and the American
Tradition |
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Pop Art, Nouveau Realisme,
Etc. |
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Byron Gallery, New York City, The Box Show |
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Byron Gallery, New York City, Posters for the Paris Revue |
| 1964-65 |
The Academy of Arts, Berlin, New Realists (and traveling
exhibition to Ghent Academy of Modern Art and the Municipal Museum, The
Hague and Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris) |
| 1964 |
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Recent American Drawings |
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Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, Republican Convention Show |
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Byron Gallery, New York, One Hundred American Drawings |
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World House Gallery, New York, World House International |
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Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Anti-Sensitivity Art |
| 1963 |
Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington D.C., The
Popular Image |
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Oakland Art Museum, California, Pop Art U.S.A. |
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, The Popular Image |
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, Mixed Media and Pop
Art |
| 1959 |
Los Angeles County Museum, California, Los Angeles County
Annual |
| 1958 |
Exodus Gallery, San Pedro, California, Drawing Show |
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Selected public collections |
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York |
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Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City |
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Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas |
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Dayton Museum of Art, Dayton, Ohio |
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Denver Art Museum, Colorado |
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East Hampton Museum, East Hampton, New York |
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. |
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JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky |
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Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland |
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Michner Collection, University of Texas at Austin |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York City |
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Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts |
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Portland Art , Museum, Portland, Oregon |
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Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University |
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
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University of Kentucky at Lexington |
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The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City |
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Wadsworth Antheneum, Hartford, Connecticut |
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Awards and Grants |
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| 1989 |
National Endowment for the Arts Grant |
| 1976 |
Guggenheim Fellowship |
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Selected bibliography |
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| 1995 |
Karmel, Pepe, "Dutch Wives, Phone Sex & Other Cheap
Thrills", The New York Times, September 22, p:C31 |
| 1994 |
Eickhoff Beate, "Die Stilisierung des Nabels", Kölner
Stadt-Anzeiger, January 14, (with illustration) |
| 1993 |
Kimmelman, Michael, "Explosive Painting: The Path to
Pop", The New York Times, July 9, p: C1, 24 |
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Johnson, Ken, Feature Article, "Troubled Toons",
Art in America, February, pp: 76-81,57 (with illustration): |
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Jusidman, Yishai, "John Wesley at Daniel Weinberg",
Art Issues, February, p: 42 (with illustration) |
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Cohen, Michael, "John Wesley at Daniel Weinberg",
Flash Art International, January/February, pp: 92-93 (with illustration) |
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Iannaccone, Carmine, "Review of 'Bedroom Pictures' ",
Art Issues (L.A.), January/ February, p: 42 |
| 1992 |
Pagel, David, "Strange Bedfellows", The Los Angeles
Times, November 19, p: |
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Pagel, David, "Charm, Trauma Mix in Wesley Works",
The Los Angeles Times, October 22, p: F8 (with illustration) |
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Kertess, Klaus, "Erotico(s)mics", essay for the
exhibition at Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, October |
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Myers, Terry R.:, "Abstraction Gets a Life", Tema
Celeste, Summer, p: 82 (with illustration) |
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Levin, Kim, "Voice Choice: 'Slow Art' ", The Village
Voice, May 19, pp: 75-76 |
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Hess, Elizabeth, "Dirty Laundry: Review of 'The Whole
part' ", The Village Voice, May 12, p: 91 |
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Smith, Roberta, "From New York Painters, Work That Takes
Time", The New York Times, May 1, C31 |
| 1991 |
Schwartz, Sanford, "Between Bonnard and Dick Tracy",
The New York Times, October 6 |
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McGonigle, Thomas, "Review", ARTnews, September,
pp: 136-8 (illustration) |
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Yau, John, "The Erotic Other", Art Magazine/1991-1992
International Directory of Exhibition Catalogues, pp: 26-28 (illustration) |
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_, _, "'Rope', Colgados de Hitchcock", Guia del
Ocio, No. 80, June 7 (illustration) |
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Tager, Alisa, "Review", Lapiz, No: 78, May/June,
p. 75 (illustration) |
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_, _, "La Soga y el proyecto Hitchcock", Mirador,
June 13 |
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Borum, Jenifer P :, "Review", Artforum International,
Summer, p: 1 14 (illustration) |
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Yau, John, "The Erotic Other" and Green, Hannah,
"John Wesley", essays for the catalogue of the exhibitions, "
John Wesley: 1991" and "Selected Paintings 1963- 1973" at
fiction/nonfiction, New York City, March |
| 1990 |
Adams, Brooks, "Review of 'Selected Paintings: 1963-1973'
at "fiction/nonfiction", Art in America, October, pp. 216- 17
(illustration) |
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Schjeldahl, Peter, "Toontown", Seven Days, April
4, pp. 60-61 |
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Kimmelman Michael, "Wesley's Decorative Slant",
The New York Times, March 30, p.C25 (with illustration) |
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Liebmann, Lisa, "Review of 'Selected Paintings: 1963-1973'
at fiction/nonfiction", The New Yorker, March 26, p. 12 |
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Livingston, Marco, Pop Art: A Continuing History, Thames and
Hudson |
| 1987 |
Livingston, Marco, Pop Art USA-UK, catalogue essay, p. 74 |
| 1986 |
Weiermair, Peter, Vom Zeichnen, Benedict Press, Cologne |
| 1984 |
Cummings, Paul, Twentieth Century American Drawings: The Figure
in Context, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., p. 140
(with illustration) |
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Raynor, Vivien, The New York Times, review of solo show at
Robert Elkon Gallery, June |
| 1982 |
Russell, John, The New York Times, review of solo show at
Robert Elkon Gallery, April 16 |
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Green, Hannah, Cheep, catalogue text for exhibition at Reinhard
Onnasch Ausstellungen, Berlin |
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Schwartz, Sanford. The Art Presence, Horizon Press, New York,
p. 108-110 |
| 1980 |
Stimson, Paul, "John Wesley at Elkon", Art in America,
October, p. 131 (with illustration) |
| 1979 |
McGonigle, Thomas, Arts Magazine, "John Wesley",
February, p. 9 (with illustration) |
| 1977 |
Schwartz, Sanford, "John Wesley at Elkon", Art in
America, January-February, p. 124 (with illustration) |
| 1975 |
Judd, Donald, Complete Writings 1959- 1975, Nova Scotia College
Press and New York University Press. |
| 1974 |
Green, Hannah, The Unmuzzled Ox, "A Journal in Praise
of the Art of John Wesley", vol. II, No. 3., pp. 46-65 |
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Frank, Peter, "John Wesley at Elkon", Art in America,
May-June, pp. 106-7 (with illustration) |
| 1973 |
Schjeldahl, Peter, The New York Times, "Something Funny's
Going On", January 7 |
| 1970 |
Compton, Michael, Movements of Modern Art - Pop Art, Hamlyn |
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Kronhausen, Phyllis and Eberhard, Erotic Art: Volume 2, New
York |
| 1968 |
Battock, Gregory, Minimal Art |
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Benedikt, M., Art International Magazine, Xll/9 November |
| 1967 |
Benedikt, M., Art International Magazine, April |
| 1966 |
Lippard, Lucy, R., Pop Art, Praeger, New York (illustrations) |
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Arnason, H., H., History of Modern Art, Abrams, New York |
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Pellegrini, Aldo, New Tendencies in Art, Crown. |
| 1965 |
Johnson, J., Art International Magazine, IX/1965, pp. 41-42,
46 |
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Plumb, Barbara, The New York Times, "Artists Find New
Objects For Humor", May 26, (illustrations) |
| 1964 |
Johnson, J., Art News, January |
| 1963 |
Judd, Donald, Arts Magazine, review of solo show at Robert
Elkon Gallery, Apri |
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