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. |
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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)
- "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)
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)
Cootes Paradise: (concerning his favorite stomping grounds)
The Dictates of Democracy: (political & social issues)
