Another former denizen of the Chelsea Hotel, the late Japanese artist Teruko Yokoi, is getting a restaurant at the building named in her honor later this month. But first, Hollis Taggart is opening a show of 20 works dating from the 1950s to year 2000. Yokoi trained in traditional Japanese painting before moving to the U.S. in 1953 and studying at the California School of Fine Arts and under Hans Hoffman in New York. Though she was one of the few women in the Abstract Expressionist scene, Yokoi remained deeply influenced by her native country. This show is focusing on her embrace of Japan’s traditional Noh theater in her work and artistic philosophy.
Hollis Taggart is located at 521 West 26th Street, 1st Floor, New York, New York.