John Yau

Author of Paradiso Diaspora (Poets, Penguin)

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About the Author

Critically acclaimed poet and critic John Yau is the author of numerous publications in the fine arts, including The United States of Jasper Johns (1997), Ed Moses: A Retrospective (1996), Morris Graves: Flower Paintings (1994), and In the Realm of Appearances: The Art of Andy Warhol (1993). Yau show more works and resides in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by John Yau

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Paradiso Diaspora (Poets, Penguin) (2006) 28 copies

Borrowed Love Poems (Poets, Penguin) (2002) 28 copies

Fetish: An Anthology (1998) — Editor; Contributor — 26 copies, 1 review

Radiant Silhouette: New and Selected Work, 1974-1988 (1989) 25 copies

A Thing Among Things: The Art of Jasper Johns (2008) 22 copies

Further Adventures in Monochrome (2012) 21 copies

Fred Tomaselli: Monsters Of Paradise (2005) 20 copies

My Symptoms (1998) 20 copies

Ed Moses: A Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings, 1951-1996 (1996) 20 copies

Joan Mitchell: Works on Paper 1956-1992 (2007) 20 copies

Edificio Sayonara (1992) 18 copies

Tim Hawkinson: How Man is Knit (2007) 18 copies

In the Realm of Appearances: The Art of Andy Warhol (1993) 17 copies

Bill Jensen [cat.exp., Cheim & Read Gallery, Feb 15-Mar 24 2007] (2013) 16 copies

Hawaiian Cowboys (1995) 16 copies

Sean Scully: Night and Day (2014) 14 copies

Joan Mitchell: Trees (2014) 13 copies

Forbidden Entries (1996) 13 copies

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose Tattoo (2001) 12 copies

Ing Grish : poems (2005) — Author — 12 copies, 1 review

The United States of Jasper Johns (1997) 11 copies

Mark Di Suvero: Indoors (2005) 10 copies

Catherine Murphy: New Work (2008) 10 copies

A.R. Penck (1993) 10 copies

Genghis Chan on Drums (2021) 9 copies

Sean Scully (1999) 9 copies

Bruce Nauman: Selected works (2000) 9 copies

Randy Hayes: The World Reveiled (2000) 8 copies

California Landscapes: Richard Diebenkorn / Wayne Thiebaud (2018) 8 copies

Richard Artschwager (2008) 8 copies

Thomas Nozkowski: Recent Work 2008 (2008) 8 copies

Big City Primer (1991) — Author — 8 copies

The Passionate Spectator: Essays on Art and Poetry (Poets On Poetry) (2006) 7 copies

Jessica Stockholder (2002) 7 copies

Sometimes : poems (1979) 7 copies

Thomas Nozkowski (Contemporary Painters Series) (2017) 6 copies

Please Wait by the Coatroom: Reconsidering Race and Identity in American Art (2023) 6 copies

In Pursuit of the Invisible: Selections from the Collection of Janice and Mickey Cartin (1996) 6 copies

Bijoux in the Dark (2018) 6 copies

Larry Rivers: Later Works (2012) 6 copies

Catherine Murphy (2016) 6 copies

Juan Usle: Brezales (2008) 6 copies

Diverse representations 1990 : September 18-November 18, 1990 (1990) 6 copies

Young Brash Abstract: January 18 - March 10, 2002 (2002) 6 copies

James Castle: The Common Place (2000) 5 copies

Frankenthaler: East and Beyond [cat. exp., Knoedler & Company, New York, Jan. 8-Mar. 11, 2011] (2011) 5 copies

Joe Brainard: The Art of the Personal (2022) 5 copies

Liu Xiaodong (2021) 5 copies

Michael Goldberg: New Paintings (2007) 5 copies

The Unseen Professors: Leo Amino (1911–1989), Minoru Niizuma (1930–1998), John Pai (born 1937) (2022) 5 copies, 1 review

Suzanne Caporael: Seeing Things (2012) 5 copies

Corpse and Mirror (1983) 5 copies

Sean Scully: Glorious Dust (2006) 4 copies

The Wild Children of William Blake (2017) 4 copies

Al Taylor: Early Paintings (2017) 4 copies

Robert Rauschenberg North African Collages and Scatole Personali c. 1952 (Exhibition Catalog Craig F. Starr Gallery) (2012) 4 copies

Yvonne Jacquette (2010) 4 copies

Tim Eitel: Centre of Gravity (2007) 4 copies

Nicholas Krushenick: A Survey (2012) 4 copies

Jay DeFeo: Chiaroscuro (2013) 4 copies

Mary Frank: Elemental Expression, Sculpture 1969-1985 & Recent Work (2013) 3 copies

George Ohr Pottery: "No Two Alike" (2015) 3 copies

Charles Seliger: Chaos to complexity (an exhibition catalogue) (2003) 3 copies

Mernet Larsen (2013) 3 copies

Chamberlain / Harris / Matta-Clark / Oppenheim / Serra / Smithson / Weiner (1991) 3 copies

The Triumph of Poverty: Poetry Inspired by the Work of Nicole Eisenman (2012) 3 copies

Alex Katz: Grass and Trees (2018) 3 copies

Viva la Difference: Poetry Inspired by the Painting of Peter Saul (2010) 3 copies

Architecture of Ink (1998) 3 copies

Miguel Angel Rios (1991) 3 copies

Marjorie Strider (2011) 3 copies

New Response, The: Contemporary Painters Of the Hudson River (1985) 3 copies

Lacanian Ink 4 (1991) 2 copies

The Low-Tech Manual (1981) 2 copies

Lois Dodd Windows and Doorways: Three Decades of Paintings [exhibition] Alexandre Gallery, New York, January 23-March… 2 copies

Jake Berthot: Recent Work 1988-89 (1989) 2 copies

Tell it Slant (2023) 2 copies

George Ohr Pottery; "No Two Alike" (2015) 2 copies

John Pai: Liquid Steel (2023) 2 copies

Ha Chong-Hyun: Return to Color 2 copies

Don Gummer (2021) 2 copies

Así en la tierra como en el cielo: Exposición retrospectiva de Miguel Angel Ríos, 1979-1993 (Spanish Edition) (1993) 2 copies

Raimonds Staprans 2 copies

États-Unis de Jasper Johns (2003) 2 copies

Essay and poem by John Yau (1992) 2 copies

Susana Jaime-Mena : sculpture, 1988-2000 (2001) 2 copies

Varujan Boghosian Paul Resika Works on P (2006) 2 copies

Alex Katz: Grass and Trees (2018) 2 copies

Jasper Johns: Prints (2008) 2 copies

New Smoke: An Anthology of Poetry Inspired By Neo Rauch (2009) 2 copies

Lacanian Ink 10 (1995) 2 copies

Broken Off by the Music (1981) 2 copies

Brett Bigbee: Recent Work (2011) 2 copies

Robert Rauschenberg: North African Collages and Scatole Personali c. 1952 2 copies

Tàpies (1990) 2 copies

Joanna Pousette-Dart (2008) 2 copies

The sleepless night of Eugene Delacroix (1980) 2 copies

Exhibits (Small Press Distribution (All Titles)) (2010) 2 copies

Richard Pousette-Dart: Mythic Heads and Forms: Paintings and Drawings from 1935 to 1942 (2003) 2 copies

Jasper Johns Prints 2 copies

Brenda Zlamany (1998) 2 copies

Don Gummer--sculpture : essay (2000) 2 copies

SUZAN FRECON: WORKS RELATING TO PAINTING 1988-1994 (1999) 2 copies

Daniel Douke (2008) 2 copies

Miguel Rios (1992) 2 copies

Jurgen Partenheimer: Border Lines: Encaustic Drawings (1997) 2 copies

Berlin Diptychon: Poems (1995) 2 copies

Il Mondo di Fausto Melotti (2014) 1 copy

Pia Fries: farnese (2021) 1 copy

Four Painters: Michael Kessler, Archie Rand, Mark Schlesinger, Lynton Wells (1989) 1 copy

Sotto Voce E Outros Poemas (2017) 1 copy

Murder 1 copy

Stanley Rosen: Shaping Space (2020) 1 copy

Foreign Sounds or Sounds Foreign (2020) 1 copy

Varujan Boghosian, Paul Resika Works on Paper; Essay By John Yau (2006) 1 copy

Awards in the Visual Arts 3 (1984) 1 copy

Louise Fishman 2000 (2000) 1 copy

Tom Uttech: New Paintings 2004 (2004) 1 copy

The Private World of Red Grooms 1 copy

Max Gimblett Paintings [1 June - 1 July 1995] 1 copy

Yuri Kuper : recent work, September 19-October 14, 1989 (1989) 1 copy

Michael Kessler, John Yau 1 copy

Mernet Larsen 1 copy, 1 review

Full Stop 1 copy

Maki Na Kamura 1 copy

Mary Frank, Elemental Expression, Sculpture 1969-1985 & Recent Work 1 copy

Thomas Bang : et udvalg af tidlige arbejder 1968-1974 (1995) 1 copy

Sam Francis 1 copy

Chuck Close Recent Paintings PaceWildenStein, Beverly Hills and New York, 1995-1996 1 copy

Anton van Dalen : Community of Many (2022) 1 copy

William Tillyer: A Retrospective (2021) 1 copy

Pia Fries Farnese Miles McEnery Gallery 1 copy, 1 review

LOUISE FISHMAN 1 copy

Mary Heilmann: Color And Passion (Reihe Cantz) (1998) 1 copy

Garner Tullis: Introduction / Einleitung (1998) 1 copy

William Tillyer: Watercolours (2010) 1 copy

Pia Fries: Farnese 1 copy

Porfirio DiDonna : paintings from the 1970s 1 copy

I Was A Poet In The House Of Frankenstein (1999) 1 copy

Tom Levine. Paintings and Drawings. 1 copy

John Wesley: fiction/nonfiction 1 copy

Norman Bluhm: a Retrospective of Works on Paper 1948-1998 (2010) 1 copy

Hunt Slonem: Paintings (1985) 1 copy

Christopher Brown, 1989-1990. 1 copy

Richard Artschwager: Into the Desert (2015) 1 copy

Dragon's blood 1 copy

Norbert Prangenberg, October 4-25, 1986 (1986) 1 copy

Miklos Pogany, Paintings and Works on Paper: The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., March 30-May 26, 1985 (1985) 1 copy

Loiuse Fisherman 1 copy

Peter Waite 1 copy

Pop: Roy Lichtenstein, Konrad Lueg, Claes Oldensburg, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol 1 copy

Michael Mazur: Diary Paintings & Collages 2004 - 2005 [exhibition: Oct. 27- Dec. 3, 1995] (2005) 1 copy

Chihung Yang Paintings and Works on Paper , 1983-86 1 copy

James Rosenquist: Never Mind from Thoughts to Drawing (1990) 1 copy

Lines Spaces: Joseloff Gallery Guest Curator Series 1 copy

Tapies 1 copy

Lois Dodd: Windows and Doorways: Three Decades of Painting (2003) 1 copy

Abstraction From Two Coasts (1995) 1 copy

Susan Bee 1 copy

Edificio Sayonara (1773) 1 copy

Mary Frank - Transformations: Wood Sculpture, 1957-1967 and Recent Photographs (2011) 1 copy

Sleepless Night of Eugene Delacroix 1 copy

Jorinde Voigt: Pieces for Words and Views (2012) 1 copy

John Wesley, Selected Paintings: 1963-1973 1 copy

Philip Taaffe (2018) 1 copy

Lui Shtini A sawdust Feast (2017) 1 copy

Murder; Volume 1, Number 4 (1995) 1 copy

RYB: Mary Heilmann Paintings, 1975-78 (2017) 1 copy

Robert Bauer Paintings & Drawings (2001) 1 copy

Piccadilly or Paradise. Poems, Drawings (1995) 1 copy

Norman Bluhm: A Retrospective of Works on Paper 1948-1998 1 copy

The Reading of an Ever-Changing Tale (1977) 1 copy

Sometimes poems (Signed) (1979) 1 copy

Crossing Canal Street (1976) 1 copy

Theresa Chong: Etudes (2007) 1 copy

Osmo Rauhala: Vuoden nuori taiteilija 1992 1 copy

Tom Levine. Paintings and Drawings. (1996) 1 copy

Radiant Silhouette: New & Selected Work, 1974-1988 1 copy

Southeast seven 8: an exhibition of the seven NEA/SECCA Southeastern Artists Fellowship recipients for 1984–85 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Best American Poetry 2000 (2000) — Contributor — 216 copies

A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by Joseph Cornell (2001) — Contributor — 198 copies, 2 reviews

The Best American Poetry 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 188 copies, 1 review

Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction (1993) — Contributor — 165 copies, 3 reviews

On a Bed of Rice (1995) — Contributor — 81 copies

Transforming Vision: Writers on Art (1994) — Contributor — 70 copies

The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them (2016) — Contributor — 70 copies

The Best American Poetry 2021 (2021) — Contributor — 55 copies, 1 review

The Best American Poetry 2020 (2020) — Contributor — 42 copies, 1 review

Under Western Eyes: Personal Essays from Asian America (1995) — Contributor — 32 copies

The Best American Poetry 2023 (The Best American Poetry series) (2023) — Contributor — 30 copies

60 Years of American Poetry (1996) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review

Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry (1995) — Contributor — 27 copies

Bold Words: A Century of Asian American Writing (2001) — Contributor — 20 copies

Poetry Magazine Vol. 207 No. 5, February 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 13 copies, 1 review

Dazzling Water, Dazzling Light (2001) — some editions — 8 copies

Poetry Magazine Vol. 201 No. 5, February 2013 (2013) — Contributor — 5 copies

Gregory Gillespie (1996) — Foreword — 1 copy

Sulfur 9 — Contributor — 1 copy

Fire Exit, April, foldout issue, cover by Philip Guston — Contributor — 1 copy

Talisman: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, Number 4, The Susan Howe Issue — Contributor — 1 copy

Telephone 15 — Contributor — 1 copy

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