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Biography
BORN: 1948, Dallas, Texas
EDUCATIONS
| 1974 | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Louisiana, M.F.A. |
| 1967-71 | Cooper Union College, New York, New York, B.F.A. |
TEACHING
| 1994 | The Pennsylvania State University, Assistant Professor |
| 1983 | University of California, Berkeley, California Visiting Lecturer University of Texas, Austin, Texas Lecturer |
| 1982 | University of California, Berkeley, California Visiting Painting Instructor University of Texas, Austin, Texas Visiting Lecturer |
AWARDS
| 1985 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant |
| 1983 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant |
ONE MAN EXHIBITION
| 2009 | “Calaveras Gnosticos,” Sonnabend Gallery, New York |
| 2007 | “Sortie: The Demonological Survey,” Kyungpook National University Art Museum, Daegu, Korea |
| 1999 | Modernism, San Francisco, CA Marella Arte Contemporanea, Sarnico, Italy |
| 1998 | Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY “Robert Yarber: New Monotypes published by Landfall Press”, Quartet Editions, NewYork, NY |
| 1996 | “Shot – Una Visione Americana,” Valentina Moncada, Rome, Italy. “Fifteen Artists,” Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. “Epitaphs,” Edward Throp Gallery, New York, NY. “The Sonnabend Collection,” Deichtorhalle, Hamburg, Germany |
| 1994 | “The World of Tomorrow”, Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA “Love in the Ruins”, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1993 | “Wake-up Call”, Perforance Space 122, NY “The Flourescent Conscience”, Galerie Pfefferle, Munich “Drawings: 30th Anniversary Exhibition”, Leo Castelli Gallery, NY |
| 1992 | “American Art of the 80’s”, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Trento, Italy “Illumination”, Pfizer Inc, New York “In The Looking Glass: Contemporary Narrative Painting”, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC “Bedroom Eyes: Room with a View”, Main Art Gallery, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA “Troubled Waters”, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY |
| 1991 | “Visions, Fantasies and Mind Wanderings”, Lintas Worldwide, NY “Contemporary Surrealism”, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ “In the Looking Glass: Contemporary Narrative Painting”, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC “Art of the 1980s: Selections from the Collection of the Eli Broad Family Foundation”, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC “de-persona”, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA “Selection”, FAE, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 1990 | “New Work by Night”, Bruce Helinder Gallery, NY “In the Realm of the Plausible”, curated by J. Yau. Shea and Becker Gallecy, New York, NY “Mystery + Dreams”, Dorsky Gallery, NY “Northwest by Southwest”, Palm Springs Desert Museum; Palm Springs, CA; Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MO; Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX “California A-Z and Return”, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH “Robert Yarber and McDermott & McGough”, Improvvisazione Prima, Galleria d’Arte, Trento “Art What Thou Eat: Images of Food in American Art”, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College; New York Historical Society |
| 1989 | “Horn of Plenty”, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland “Unstable Universe”, Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “New Work By Gallery Artists”, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY “Painting Beyond the Death of Painting”, Curated by Donald Kuspit, Kuznetsky Most Exhibition Hall, Moscow, USSR “Social Fictions”, Tom Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO Frederick Wiseman Collection, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY |
| 1988 | “Recent American Pastels”, Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT “Collection Sonnabend”, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; CAPC, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France; Hamburger Bahnhoff Berlin, West Germany; Galleria Nazionale D’Arte Moderna, Roma; Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Trento; Musee Rath, Geneva; Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo; The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan; The Fukuyama Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto “Symbolism Force and Spirit”, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY “Narrative Art”, Mark Twain Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
| 1987 | “Movietone Muse”, One Penn Plaza, New York “Panoramas & Prospects”, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York “Private Expressions: Personal Experiences”, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT “Lust one of the seven deadlies”, Curated by Philip Tsiaras, M 13 Gallery, New York “Working Drawings”, Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ “Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection”, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN; Birmingham Museum of Art, AL; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO |
| 1986 | “NYC New York”, Delaware Art Museum, Delaware; Philadelphia (March 7 April 27) “Artificial Paradise”, Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, California (April 19 May 17) “The Texas Transfer”, The Johnson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Las Lomas, NE (May 3 June 22) “Boston Collects: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture”, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA “Painting and Sculpture Today 1986”, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN. “Five Painters: New York, A New Generation”, Segal, Steinberg Gallery, Montreal, Canada “The Watermelon Show”, Gallery Hirondelle, New York, NY, (June 28 July 26) “Il Progetto Domestico”, Triennale Di Milano, Milano, Italy “Selections from the Frederick Weisman Collection”, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France “Art as Toys”, First Street Forum, St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1985 | “Biennial Exhibition 1985”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (March 13/21 June 2/9) “Texas Currents Part”, San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas |
| 1984 | “Crime and Punishment”, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA (February 11 April 1 Catalogue) “Modern Romances”, Reece Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California and San Jose’ Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose’, California (February 19 – March 16 – Brochure) “Outside New York”, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York. (June 2 – July 15) Travel in U.S.A. under the auspices of The Art Museum Association of America through Spring 1986 Catalogue “Current Expressions”, Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California (June 6 – July 7) “Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained: American Visions of the New Decade”, The 41st Venice Biennale, United States Pavilion, Venice, Italy (June 10 – September 30 Catalogue) “The Human Condition: SFMMA Biennial III”, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California (June 28 – August 26 – Catalogue) “Sun and Surf”, One Market Plaza, San Francisco,California (organized by Art Programs, Inc. – July 9 – August 3 Brochure) “Drawing Show”, Tracey Garet Gallery, New York, NY “Five Texans in Venice”, University of Texas Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas “The New Portrait”, P.S.1. Long Island City, New York “New Galleries of the Lower East Side”, Artist Space, New York, NY “Romantic Painting”, Tracey Garet Gallery, New York, NY “what’s Happening: Contemporary Art From California, Oregon and Washington”, Alternative Museum, New York “Work From the Lower East Side”, Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “Strange”, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington Seattle |
| 1983 | “Ceci Nest Pas Le Surrealism: California: Idioms of Sarrealism”, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (Part II, January 20 February 24 – Catalogue) Travel of satellite exhibition in California and New York, January – November 1984 “Attention: California Artists”, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA (March 30 May 1 Brochure) “The Impolite Figure”, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA (in cooperation with Bannam Place Exhibition Space – June 28 – July 31 Catalogue) “Robert Yarber and Patrick Morrison”, San Francisco Art Insitute, San Francisco, CA (September) “Robert Yarber, Sarah Canright and Peter Saul”, Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas (November) “Faculty Show”, University of Texas, Austin, TX “Figurative Drawing in Texas”, San Antonio Art Insitute, San Antonio, TX “Bodies and Souls”, Marisa Del Re Gallery, New York, NY (organized by Artists’ Choice Museum Catalogue) “Five from Austin”, Waco Art Center, Waco, Texas |
| 1982 | “New Bay Area Painting and Sculpture”, San Francisco Art Institute Galleries, San Francisco, CA (January 8 – February 8 Catalogue) “California Video”, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY (February 13) “East Coast West Coast”, Fashion Moda, Bronx, New York “Emerging Northern California Artists”, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Ana, CA (Catalogue) |
| 1981 | “Humor in Art”, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California “Locations”, California State University, San Bernardino, California (October 9 – November 4 Catalogue) “Fashion Moda”, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA (in cooperation with 80 Langton Street and Pro Arts Foundation) |
| 1980 | “John Alberts and Bob Yarber: Painting and Drawing Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1979 | University of Dallas, Dallas, TX “Bay Area Artist Exhibition and Sale”, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA |
| 1977 | Open Studio, San Francisco, CA |
| 1975 | George Godenow Gallery, Dallas, TX |
| 1971 | Bowery Gallery, New York “Painterly Realism”, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (Travel in U.S.A. under the auspices of the American Federation of Arts) |
| 1969 | Bowery Gallery, New York |
| 1967 | “Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibitions”, (juried by Richard Diebenkorn), Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX |
BIBLIOGRAPHY – BROCHURES
| 1984 | Suzaan Boettger, “Modern Romances”, San Jose’, San Jose’ Institute of Contemporary Art (Ill. Double Suicide, 1982) Michele Bell, “Sun and Surf”, San Francisco, One Market Plaza |
| 1983 | Christina Orr Cahall, “Attention: California Artists”, Oakland, The Oakland Museum (Ill. Bana, 1982) |
BIBLIOGRAPHY – CATALOGUES
| 1996 | Lodola, Francesco. Robert Yarber. Marella Arte Contemporanea, Italy. |
| 1993 | Crone, Rainer & David Moos. The Florescent Conscious. Galerie Pfefferle, Munich. |
| 1992 | Leach, Mark, Richard & Jeanne Willette. In The Looking Glass. Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC Watts, Patricia. Bedroom Eyes: Room with a View. California State at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA Beatrice, Luca. Robert Yarber. Galleria In Arco, Torino, Italy |
| 1991 | Linhares, Philip, E. de-persona. The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Riley II, Charles, A. Selection FAE, Lausanne |
| 1990 | Weintraub, Linda. Art What Thou Eat: Images of Food in American Art, Published by Meyer Bell Limited, Mount Kisco, NY, (repro. p. 189, “Untitled (Diners with Thrown Forks) Yau, John. In the Realm of the Plausible. Shea & Becker Gallery, (repro. “Expenditure of Excess”) Robert Yarber + McDermott & McGough, Improvvisazione Prima, Galleria d’Arte, Trento Fitz Gibbon, John. California A-Z And Return, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH |
| 1989 | Shaman, Sanford. Robert Yarber Paintings: 1980-¬1988, Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, Osterhauf, Grosse. Horn of Plenty, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
| 1987 | Halpern, Nora and Henry T. Hopkins. Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1986 | Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN. (Ill. Man on Floor, 1984). Carlozzi, Annette. 50 Texas Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in Texas, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA |
| 1985 | 1985 Biennial Exhibition, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art (Ill. Big Fall, 1984; Corridor, 1984) |
| 1984 | Crime and Punishment, Santa Clara: Triton Museum of Art Robert Atkins, “What’s Happening: Contemporary Art from California, Oregon and Washington”, New York: Alternative Museum (Ill. Poolside Bar, 1983) Gumpert, Lynn and Ned Rifkin, “New York: New York/Outside New York”, New York: The New Museum of Contemporary Art (Ill. Face Slap, 1983; Big Drop, 1984; Last Embrace, 1984; Sleeping Couple, 1984) Henry Hopkins et al., The Human Condition: SFMMA Biennial III, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Ill. Bana, 1983) Tucker, Marcia. Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained:American Visions of the New Decade, New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art and Washington D.C.: United States Information Agency (Ill. Night Pool,1980; Double Suicide,1983) Bruce, Chris. Strange, Seattle: The University of Washington, Seattle (Ill. Falling Embrace, 1984) Carlozzi, Annette DiMieo, ” New York by Austin Artists Austin: Laguna Gloria Art Museum (Ill. Corridor, 1984) |
| 1983 | The Impolite Figure, San Francisco: Bannam Place Exhibition Space and Southern Exposure Gallery (Ill. Double Suicide, 1982) John Yau, John. Bodies and Souls, New York: The Artists’ Choice Museum Maria de Alcuaz, Ceci Nest Pas Le Surrealisms: California: Idioms of Surrealism, Los Angeles: University of Southern California and Art in California Books (Ill. Poolside Bar, 1983) |
| 1982 | Brown, Christopher and Judith Dunham, New Bay Area Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute Galleries Emerging Northern California Artists, Santa Ana, CA: Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts |
| 1981 | Woodford, Don. Locations, San Bernardino: California State College (Ill. Large Pool, 1979) |
BIBLIOGRAPHY – ARTICLES
| 1999 | Heartney, Eleanor. “Robert Yarber at Sonnabend.” Art in America, February, p. 111. |
| 1998 | Arthur, Rose. “Robert Yarber.” Artbyte, August – September, p. 15. |
| 1994 | Pagel, David. “Taking a Glimpse Into ‘The World of Tomorrow’.” The Los Angeles Times, Feb 24. …”The Horror: Robert Yarber (artist)…All Around Esthetes.” Artforum, Vol. XXXII, No. 8, pp. 11-12 |
| 1993 | Mulatero, Ivana. “Robert Yarber,” Juliet Art Magazine, n. 61, Feb./Mar. pp. 34-35. …”Art: Heartbreak Hotels,” The New Yorker, Sept. 13, p. 16. Newhall, Edith. “Galleries,” New York Magazine, Sept. 13, pp. 58-63. Cavanaugh, Tim. “Night Shift,” Manhattan Spirit, Sept. 23, Vol. 9, No. 37, p. 21. Napack, Jonathan. “High (Nancy Kissinger) and Low (Mark Kostabi) Turn Out for Alex,” The New York Observer, Sept. 27, p. 22. Aletti, Vince. “Voice Choices.” The Village Voice, 12 October, p. 72 Haus, Mary. “Robert Yarber: Sonnabend, Julie Saul.” ArtNews, Nov., Vol. 92, No. 9 Burchard, Christian. “Kunstlerportrats zu Open Art Robert Yarber.”, Kritic, 4/93, pp. 34-38 |
| 1992 | …”Who was Grand Canyon Dream Weaver?” New York Magazine, Mar. 30, p. 10. Tolkin, Michael. “Among the Dead,” Artforum, Sept. pp. 74-75. Curtis, Cathy. “Strange Bedfellows at Cal State Fullerton,” Los Angeles Times Calendar (Orange County), pp. F2 + F5. |
| 1991 | Haus, Mary. “Robert Yarber’s Unbearable Lightness of Being,” Artnews, Jan. pp. 134-139. Raynor, Vivian. “Seven Thought-Provoking Approaches to Surrealism Today,” The New York Times, Apr. 28, Sect. 2, p. 14. Watkins, Eileen. “Psychological roots, fears make up “Surrealism’ show,” The Sunday Star-Ledger, May 12. Scasserra, Michael, P. “Surrealism exhibit at NJCVA showcases contemporary artists,” The Independent Press, Wed. May 15, p. 17 Panicelli, Ida. “A Rare Kind of Dread,” Artforum, Summer, pp.76-79 Thompson, Frank. “Returning to art that tells a story,” Asheville Citizen-Times, Aug. 4, pp.1L + 8L Hagen, Charles. “Robert Yarber,” The New York Times, Oct. 4, p. C24 Liebmann, Lisa. “Robert Yarber at Lieberman & Saul Gallery,” Artforum, Nov. p. 134 Welker, Janie. “Robert Yarber Throws Light on tawdry material world,” The Express, Oct. 25, pp. D8+D9 Higgins, Tim. “Art between dreams and nightmares,” a.m. Magazine, pp. D1+D5 “‘Shooting’ The Breeze: Two Painters Talk About Taking Pictures,” Cover, Nov. pp. 24-25 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Thursday, Nov. 7, p. 3-D Dungan, Sebastian. “Flying dreams,” Venice, Nov., pp.78+79 |
| 1990 | Schjeldahl, Peter. “Painted Words,” 7 Days, Feb. 21, pp. 53-54 Cone, Michele. “Robert Yarber,” Arts Magazine, May, p. 88 Swift, Harriet. “At home in America’s urbanscapes,” The Tribune, May 8, pp. C1 + C4. Bonetti, David. “Redefining the body out of control,” San Francisco Examiner, May, 18, p. C2. Baker, Kenneth. “A World Where All the Lights Are Neon,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 27, pp. 14 + 15. Nixon, Bruce. “Moments of Oblivion, Robert Yarber at Richmond Art Center,” Artweek, June, 7. Meisler, Andy. “Random Room Service: The Paintings of Robert Yarber,” California Magazine, Aug. 8, Vol. 15, pp. 60-65. Johnson, Ken. “Robert Yarber at Sonnabend,” Art in America, September, pp. 192-193. |
| 1989 | Van Proyen. “Falling into the Miasma,” Art Week, Mar. 25, p. 3 Baker, Kenneth. “Yarber Coasting With Fantasies,” San Francisco Chronicle, Thurs. Mar. 30. van Nieuwenhuyzen, Martijn. “Spotlight: Horn of Plenty,” Flash Art, Mar./Apr. p. 102. |
| 1988 | Boettger, Suzann. “Some Enchanted Evenings: The Paintings of Robert Yarber,” Arts, February, p. 68 71. |
| 1987 | Amis, Martin. “Insight at Flame Lake,” Vanity Fair, June 1987, pp. 98 101, 126 127. Roels Jr., Reynaldo. “Metaphoras do tempo presenter,” Caderno May 28, 1987, p. 2. Eliasoph, Phillip. “Fear and loathing in the NeoExpressionist world,” The Advocate and Greenwich Time, Sun. May 24, 1987, p. D5. Cyphers, Peggy. “Objects of Desire,” Cover, October 1987. Heartney, Eleanor. Reviews, ArtNews, November, 1987, p. 191 Yau, John. Review, Artforum, November 1987, p. 132 |
| 1986 | Boettger, Suzaan. “Robert Yarber at Sonnabend,” (Review), Art Forum, January. Haggerty, Gerard. “Robert Yarber at Sonnabend,” (Review), Art News, January (Ill. Regard and Abandon, 1985). Adams, Brooks. “Robert Yarber at Sonnabend,” (Review), Art in America, March (Ill. Casino, 1985). New York, Soho, A Guide. A Documentary. Egret Publications New York (Ill. “Falling Shopper, 1985”) Richardson, John. “Something borrowed, something new,” The Albuquerque Tribune, May 24, Saturday. Clarke, John, R. “Color, Space, and Conflict in Robert Yarber’s Paintings,” ARTS, September, pp.46 49 Cone, Michele. “Robert Yarber,” Flash Art, Dec. 85/Jan. 86 (Ill. Floters, 1985, The Tender and the Damned, 1985, cover). … “Falling Couple,” April No. 2 Los Angeles Times, (Review), Wed., May 2. Block, Guy and Carlozzi, Annette. 50 Texas Artists, A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in Texas, October. |
| 1985 | Russell, John. “Art: Whitney Presents Its Biennial Exhibition,” The New York Times, March 22 (Ill. Big Fall, 1984). Fabrikant, Andrew. “Robert Yarber,” Flash Art, March (Tll. Big Fall, 1984). Levine, Kim. “Vertigo,” The Village Voice, November 19, p. 82, (Ill. Palace, 1985). Langhorne Reeve, Elisabeth. “Robert Yarber Show,” Art Stars, vol. II, no. 5, May (Ill. Beachside Bar). McCombie, Mel. “Yarber’s Artwork Achieves Spotlight,” Art & Intertainment, Thursday, May 23 (Ill. Big Fall, Double Suicide and Triangle is on View). |
| 1984 | Burkhardt, Dorothy. “Crime and Punishment Show Paints Grim Picture of the Times,” San Jose Mercury News, February 10, p. 3D Donley, Ray. “Austin to Venice,” Third Coast, February. Ennis, Michael. “Venetian Finds,” Texas Monthly, vol. 12, no. 2, February, pp. 128 133 (Ill. Night Pool, 1980). “Crime and Punishment at Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara,” Images and Issues, vol. 5, no. 1, July/August, pp. 24 25 (Ill. Teen Violence, 1977). Kutner, Janet. “A Stranger in His Own Land,” The Dallas Times Herald, March 28, pp. Fl 3(Ill. Painting the Lobby). “No Paradise Found,” The Dallas Morning News, August 14, pp. El 2. Levy, Mark. “Confronting the Human Condition,” Artweek, vol. 15, no.28, August 11, p. 1 (Ill. Bana, 1983). Mitchell, Dee. “Going Head Over Heels Over Robert Yarber,” The Dallas Observer, April 5. Relyea, Lane. “Pick of the Week,” The L.A. Weekly, December 14 20, (Ill. Big Fall, 1984). Wilson, William. “The Galleries,” Los Angeles Times, December 7 (Ill. Big Fall, 1984). |
| 1983 | Steinmetz, George. “The Human Condition,” San Francisco, Vol. 26, No. 8, August, pp. 43 54 (Ill. Bana, 1983). “Robert Yarber at the San Francisco Art Insitute,” Vanguard, November, pp. 34 35 (Ill. Poolside Bar, 1983). Jan, Alfred. “Attention: California Artists at the Oakland Museum,” Images and Issues, Vol. 4 No. 2, September/October (Ill. Bana, 1983). Derrickson, Stephen. “Making Art on the Cultural Front Lines,” The Austin Chronicle, November 11, p.6 (Ill. Falling Couple, 1983). “Season of the Figure: Three Modes,” Artweek, Vol. 14, No. 30, September 17, p. 1 (Ill. Poolside Bar, 1983; Struggling Couple, 1982). Burstein, Joanne. “California Color,” Artweek, Vol. 14, April 23, p. 24 (Ill. Bana, 1983). Boettger, Suzann. “The Impolite Figure,” Artforum, October, p. 81 (Ill. Double Suicide, 1982). Albright, Thomas. “Art as Reflection of Good Times and Bad Times,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 9. |
| 1982 | Ewing, Patrick. “A Group’s Allurements,” Artweek, August 14 Heartney, Eleanor. “West of the Hudson: Regional Art on Exhibit in New York,” Arts, Vol. 58, No. 10, pp. 99 101. Trebay, Gay. “California Video,” The Village Voice, February 17. |
| 1981 | Wilson, William. “Downtown,” Los Angeles Times, February 20 Radner, Hilary. “An Interview with Bob Yarber,” Discourse: Berkeley Journal for Theoretical Studiesin Media and Culture April (Special Supplement Ill. Suit Split,1980) Muchnic, Suzanne. “Grins and Grimaces at Two Galleries,” Los Angeles Times, July 14. Kurcfeld, Michael. “Art,” New West, March. Hamilton, Scott. “Paraguay An Introduction,” Discourse: Berkeley Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture, April (Special Supplement). (Ill. Night Pool, 1980; Chow Mein Mao, 1973 75) Fox, Louis, W. “Formalizing the City,” Artweek, October 24 Drojowska, Hunter. “Pick of the Week,” L.A. Weekly, March 13 19 (Ill. Sunset Pool) Cebulski, Frank. “Ugly Romances,” ArtWeek, Vol. 12, No.44, December 26, p. 16 (Ill. Ideal Service, 1981) Atkings, Robert. “Trends, Traditions, and Dirt: The Current State of Art in Northern California,” Journal, Winter |
COLLECTIONS
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Boston Fine Arts Museum
The Oakland Art Museum
The Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, Alabama
The Yokohama Museum of Art Yokohama, Japan
The Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
The Acher M. Huntington Museum of Art, The Univ. of Texas at Austin
The Paine-Webber Collection, NY
The Equitable Life Inc., NY
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Southwestern Bell, Dallas, TX
Frito-Lay, Dallas, TX
Fredric R. Wiseman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
The Broad Family Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
DISSERTATIONS
| 1994 | Burchard, C. Robert Yarber und die Krise des American Dream: Die Bilder 1980-1988, Munchen. |