Cissies Looking at Phosphenes: John Yeadon’s Modern Art, Disco Drawing, perception, and ‘gay art’ in the early 1980s Art historian Gregory Salter examines John Yeadon’s Modern Art, Disco Drawing, 1982, which depicts a group of figures in a gay disco, on the cusp of the HIV/AIDS crisis. He explores the artwork’s playful approach to perception and its unsteady relationship to left wing politics and the category of ‘gay art’. Gregory Salter Collection: Herbert Museum And Art Gallery, Coventry [https://www.theherbert.org/] Keywords: […]

SIMILARITIES. By Anke Fröhlich-Schauseil Article published in 27 July 2024 Culture, article Dresdener Neueste Nochrickten Two influential artists: John Yeadon and Max Uhlig received the FAMA Lifetime Achievement Award at the Palais Summer in Dresden. Two award winners: John Yeadon in front of his painting ‘Dignity and Impudence ’from 2023Photo: Hendrik Meyer Max Uhlig (*1937) and John Yeadon (*1948), two painters and printmakers who can each look back on a great life’s work, were honoured at the Dresden Palais Summer. […]