John Yau Writing about Peter Williams

A recent review in the online magazine Hyperallergic  demonstrates perfectly the marriage of the three components necessary for a successful catalogue entry: biography, formal analysis, and interpretation.  Sometimes they overlap slightly in Yau's writing about Williams's paintings, but for the most part they don't. You can clearly see what's going on when you take the time and patience to dissect the different "moves" that Yau makes as an art reviewer and critic. 

After spring break, you'll be writing a review of an actual exhibition, not a single work from the internet as is the case for this catalogue entry assignment.