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about Robert Clark Yates :


He is an artist living in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

This website features a selection from over 40 years production of his visual art plus a few of the artist's statements he wrote to  accompany some of his solo exhibitions.

His work can often be seen at:
you me gallery, James Street, Hamilton,
  

and
The Pearl Company, Steven Street, Hamilton.  


Yates is also a writer (of prose, poetry and songs).  His publications (books & chapbooks) include:

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Some of the above publications can be found in the Hamilton Public Library (link to library search).

Some can be purchased at:
you me gallery, James Street, Hamilton.
 
and
Mixed Media, James Street, Hamilton.
 



   
  
Yates's writing has appeared in many local (Hamilton) arts publications over the years.

Some of his work has been anthologized:
      The Golden Horseshoe Anthology
      Weave and Spin
      This I Believe
      Now See Here

      Roadwork Ahead
      On The Edge
and he has contributed to local arts journals including:
      Hammered Out
      Kairos
      Ta Panta

Most of these publications can be found in the Hamilton Public Library.




Here are links to a few readily available essays or poems from Hamilton Arts and Letters, an 
on-line magazine from Samizdat Press:

  • "Introduction to the Sculpture of George Wallace"  (Spring/Summer, 2008)

  • "To A World Awaiting Three More Sonnets"  (Fall, 2009)
 
  • "Days and Vision: an appreciation of George Wallace, his art and his life"  (Spring, 2010)

  • "The Once and Future Inc."  (Fall/Winter, 2012-13)  Yates interviews himself about the founding of Hamilton Artists Inc.
 
  On this website:  "Seeing Things" (an essay on perception) 



Biographical & Opinions:


Robert Clark Yates In Conversation with Betty Soarre:  an assemblage of interviews (1993 - 96)




Yates has been interviewed by Bernadette Rule on Art Waves, an arts-interview radio program (101.5 FM) from Mohawk College in Hamilton.  Here are links to the podcasts of these programs:

  • Robert Yates, Art Waves #20 (February 15, 2009) 

  • Bob Yates, Second Visit, Art Waves #112 (Mar. 20, 2011) 
 
  • Wallace Resurrection Project, Art Waves #123 (Sept. 4, 2011)




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East of Eden, acrylic on shaped canvas




Robert Clark Yates has two blogsites:

Cootes Paradise:  (concerning his favorite stomping grounds)

The Dictates of Democracy:  (political & social issues)



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