John Wesley, Chocolate Major, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 63" × 53" × 2" (160 cm × 134.6 cm × 5.1 cm) © John Wesley, Courtesy of The John Wesley Foundation John Wesley Details:b. 1928, Los Angelesd. 2022, New York Read More A unique voice in the canon of Contemporary art, John Wesley is known for his precise, lyrical, and often deadpan painterly investigations of the American subconscious. With no formal artistic training, two of Wesley’s jobs had a direct impact on his early practice.At the age of 24, he began working as an illustrator in the Production Engineering Department at Northrop Aircraft in Los Angeles where he translated blueprints into drawings. In 1960, he moved to New York, where he worked as a postal clerk, utilizing symbols such as the shield-like postage stamp and his employee badge in his paintings. Later, his practice expanded to incorporate varied and enigmatic iconographies such as animals, beguiling women, and portraiture of subjects including Theodore Roosevelt, Rudyard Kipling, and Count Henri de Baillet-Latour, the president of the 1932 International Olympic Committee. Through a carefully refined visual vocabulary of clean lines, solid shapes, and repetition, Wesley imbued everyday scenes and quotidian subjects with humor and wry wit. Exploring themes relating to trauma, eroticism, innocence, and coyness, paintings within his oeuvre are characterized by a linear stylized formation, similar to comic strips, and are often populated with cartoon characters such as Dagwood Bumstead, Popeye, and Olive Oyl. His series, Searching for Bumstead, which he began in 1974 and continued for the entirety of his career, depicts empty interiors—including a vacant armchair, slippers by a bedside, a bathtub filled with water—and is an exploration of the trauma of losing his father, whose sudden death deeply affected him.Wesley defies categorization as an artist. During the 1960s, as the tenets of Pop art began to take shape, he was grouped with the movement due to the basic elements of his style and subject matter. Wesley exhibited alongside Pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselman, and Roy Lichtenstein but ultimately eluded true categorization both in theory and in practice due to his unique visual language. His first solo exhibition was at the Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, in 1963. Minimalist artist Donald Judd, a lifelong supporter of the artist, reviewed the paintings in the show: “the forms selected and shapes to which they are unobtrusively altered, the order used, and the small details are humorous and goofy. This becomes a cool, psychological oddness.” [1] Wesley was given his own room at the Documenta 5 Retrospective at Kassel (1972) and by the mid 70s it became clear that his work lay somewhere between Pop, Surrealism, and Minimalism, though no label ever encapsulated his singular style. Wesley’s contributions to painting are undeniable and his work is held in public collections worldwide including the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; Kunstmuseum, Basel; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others. Read More John Wesley, Show Girls, 1996, acrylic on canvas, 32" × 60" (81.3 cm × 152.4 cm)© John Wesley, Courtesy of The John Wesley Foundation John Wesley, Rumble Strips and Speed Bumps, 1992, acrylic on canvas, 114 cm × 153 cm (44-7/8" × 60-1/4") signed on the reverse © John Wesley, Courtesy of The John Wesley Foundation John Wesley, Afternoon Sail at the Edge of the World, 1978, acrylic on canvas, 48" × 60" (121.9 cm × 152.4 cm) © John Wesley, Courtesy of The John Wesley Foundation Exhibitions View All Past John Wesley WesleyWorld: Works on Paper and Objects 1961–2004 Jan 12 – Feb 24, 2024 New York Journal View All Pace Publishing WesleyWorld: Works on Paper and Objects 1961-2004 Feb 24, 2024 News John Wesley Joins Pace Gallery Feb 09, 2023 One-Artist Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Public Collections Periodicals Books and Catalogues Close One-Artist Exhibitions 01-John-Wesley-one-artist DatesBorn 1928, Los AngelesDied 2022, New YorkEducation1950, Los Angeles City College and U.C.L.A.2024John Wesley: WesleyWorld: Works on Paper and Objects 1961–2004, Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, New York, January 12–February 24, 2024. (Digital Catalogue)2020John Wesley: An Afternoon Sail at the Edge of the World, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, February 29–April 18, 2020.2019An Unlikely Friendship: John Wesley in Conversation With Donald Judd, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, March 15–May 25, 2019.2018John Wesley: Together and Alone, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, September 6–October 20, 2018.2016John Wesley: Doubles, Pairs, and Diptychs, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, November 10–December 23, 2016.John Wesley: The Henry Ford Syndrome, Waddington Custot Galleries, London, September 16–October 22, 2016.2015John Wesley: Important Works from 1961 to 1966, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, May 7–June 13, 2015.2012John Wesley: Alice’s Floor: Repetition and Absence, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, May 4–June 9, 2012.2011John Wesley Paintings: 1960s–2000s, De Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, October 1–November 12, 2011. (Catalogue)2010 John Wesley: May I Cut In? Important Paintings from the mid-1970s, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, May 6–June 12, 2010.2009John Wesley, Fondazione Prada, Venice, June 6–October 4, 2009. (Catalogue)2008John Wesley: Question Of Women, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, December 6, 2008–January 7, 2009.John Wesley: Works on Paper & Paintings, Waddington Galleries, London, April 2–26, 2008. (Catalogue)2007John Wesley: Paintings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, January 27–March 3, 2007.2006 John Wesley: The Bumsteads, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, December 15, 2006–February 3, 2007. (Catalogue)John Wesley: A Collection, Zwirner and Wirth, New York, May 5–June 23, 2006. (Catalogue)2005John Wesley: Don’t Eat My Eagle: Paintings from the 1960’s, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, November 4–December 3, 2005.John Wesley: Works on Paper 1960–2005, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany, October 25, 2005–January 29, 2006. Traveled to: Kunsthalle Nürnberg, February 16–April 23, 2006. (Catalogue)2004John Wesley, John Wesley Gallery, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, permanent installation from October 9, 2004.John Wesley: Works on Paper: 1963–2004, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, October 9, 2004–May 1, 2005.John Wesley: Recent Paintings: 2000–2004 / Drawings from the 1960’s, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, September 4–October 9, 2004.2003John Wesley: New Paintings, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, October 25–December 13, 2003.John Wesley: Paintings on Paper 1997–2001, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, May 9–31, 2003.2002John Wesley: Time and Again, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, June 15–July 20, 2002.John Wesley: New Paintings, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, March 9–April 13, 2002.2001John Wesley: New Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, London, October 25–December 1, 2001. (Catalogue)John Wesley Love’s Lust, Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 20–February 25, 2001.2000John Wesley: Nudes, Texas Gallery, Houston, October 12–November 11, 2000.John Wesley: Paintings 1961–2000, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, September 17–November 5, 2000. (Catalogue)John Wesley: Paintings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, May 13–July 1, 2000.1999John Wesley: Irish Paintings, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, October 23–December 4, 1999.1998John Wesley: Paintings and Gouaches, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, October 1998–September 1999.John Wesley: Women, Danese Gallery, New York, September 17–October 17, 1998.John Wesley: Favorite Works, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, February 13–March 21, 1998.1996John Wesley, Galerie Haus Schneider Uschi Kob, Ettlingen, Germany, September 13–November 2, 1996.John Wesley: Man & Beast: 1965-1996, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, April 24–May 19, 1996.1994John Wesley, Jose Freire Fine Art, New York, 1994.John Wesley, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, January 14–February 26, 1994.1993John Wesely, Judd Foundation, New York, 1993.John Wesley: Works on Paper, Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich, 1993.John Wesley: Gouaches 1961–1992, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany, July 6–August 14, 1993. Traveled to: Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst Galerie, Berlin, August 27–September 26, 1993.John Wesley: Paintings 1963–1992, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, July 3–August 6, 1993. Traveled to: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, August 28–October 10, 1993. (Catalogue)1992John Wesley: Twelve Nudes, Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris, February 8–March 14, 1992.1991John Wesley: A survey of Paintings 1962–1992, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, California, October 16–November 20, 1992.John Wesley: Selected Paintings, 1963-1973, Fiction/Nonfiction, New York, March 12–April 6, 1991. (Catalogue)1990John Wesley: Works on Paper, Drew Gallery, Canterbury, United Kingdom, 1990.John Wesley: Selected Paintings 1963–1973, Fiction/Nonfiction, New York, March 6–31, 1990.John Wesley: Paintings, The Chinati Fundation, Marfa, Texas, January–April 1990. (Catalogue)1989John Wesley, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1989.1987John Wesley: Paintings, Judd Foundation, New York, March 19–April 29, 1987.1986John Wesley, Galerie Kaliaguine, Paris, 1986.1985John Wesley: Paintings, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 17–June 23, 1985.1984John Wesley: Recent Works, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, May 23–June 23, 1984.1982Cheep! John Wesley: Bilder aus den Jahren 1962–1982, Reinhard Onnasch Ausstellungen, Berlin December 8, 1982–January 12, 1983. (Catalogue)John Wesley: New Paintings, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, April 10–May 5, 1982.1980John Wesley: New Paintings, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, March 8–April 10, 1980.1978John Wesley, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, December 9, 1978–January 4, 1979.John Wesley, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, February 4–March 2, 1978.1976John Wesley: Patriotic Tableaux, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, November 6–December 1, 1976.1975John Wesley: European Impressions, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, November 1–26, 1975.1974John Wesley, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 5–April 13, 1974.John Wesley, Rush Rhees Library Gallery, University of Rochester, New York, February 26–March 7, 1974.John Wesley: New Paintings “Searching for Bumstead,” Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, February 9–March 6, 1974.1973John Wesley, John Wesley Studio, New York, and Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, January 6–31, 1973.1971John Wesley: Recent Paintings, John Wesley Studio, New York, and Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, December 4, 1971–January 7, 1972.1969John Wesley: Recent Paintings, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, November 29–December 26, 1969.John Wesley: Recent Paintings, Arden K. Anderson Gallery Edgartown, Massachusetts, June 28–July 4, 1969.1967 John Wesley, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, January 14–February 10, 1967.1963John Wesley, Robert Elkon, New York, February 19–March 9, 1963. Group Exhibitions 02-John-Wesley-group 2022The Walrus and the Caprenter: John Wesley & Sigmar Polke, Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, May 17–July 29, 2022.Luncheon on the Grass, Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles, February 19–May 7, 2022.2018Four Rooms, Blum & Poe, New York, September 12–October 27, 2018.In My Room: Artists Paint the Interior 1950–Now, The Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, May 18–September 30, 2018.Group Exhibition: Line and Verse, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, January 11–February 17, 2018.2017Pop Art – Icons that Matter, Musée Maillol, Paris, September 22, 2017–January 21, 2018.The Young Years, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, July 9–December 18, 2017. (Catalogue)Press Your Space Face Close to Mine, The Pit, Glendale, California, July 1–August 13, 2017.Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors—Part I: Figuration, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, February 18–June 11, 2017.2016Desire, Moore Building, Miami, November 30–December 4, 2016.SuperReal: Pop Art from the AGO Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, September 14, 2016–March 5, 2017.We’re Off Then - Travel Pictures from Albrecht Dürer to Olafut Eliasson, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, March 18–September 25, 2016.Imagine, Brand New Gallery, Milan, March 2–April 2, 2016.Drawing Then: Innovation and Influence in American Drawings of the Sixties, Dominique-Lévy Gallery, January 27–March 26, 2016.2015Testing: Painting and Sculpture Since 1960 from the Permanent Collection, Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, July 17, 2015–January 3, 2016.2014Everything Falls Faster than an Anvil, Pace Gallery, London, May 9–July 18, 2014.Pop Abstraction, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, January 18–February 15, 2014.The Age of Small Things, DODGEgallery, New York, January 11–February 23, 2014.2013Re-View: Onnasch Collection, Hauser & Wirth, London, September 20–December 14, 2013. Traveled to: Hauser & Wirth, New York, February 7–April 12, 2014. (Catalogue)2012Carl Andre/John Wesley: Serial Forms, Mitchell-Inness & Nash, New York, May 31–July 14, 2012.2011Art on Art, Adam Baumgold, New York, 2011.Alice in Wonderland: Through the Visual Arts, Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom, November 4, 2011–January 29, 2012 (traveled). (Catalogue)Heinz and Marianne Ebers Foundation: A Collection with Stature, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Germany, July 17–September 25, 2011.Deep Comedy, Le Consortium, Dijon, France, June 9–November 10, 2011.Never Let Me Go, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, May 20–July 22, 2011.Multiples: 20th-and 21st-Century Art, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vermont, May 19–August 7, 2011.Chad Ochocinco, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, February 26–March 26, 2011.2010Jo and Jack: Jo Baer and John Wesley in the Sixties, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, July 6–August 13, 2010.Defrosted: A Life of Walt Disney, Postmaster Gallery, New York, June 29–August 6, 2010.Nature, Once Removed: The (Un) Natural World in Contemporary Drawing, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, February 3–May 4, 2010.2009Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, November 15, 2009–May 3, 2010.The Modernist Impulse: Interpreting the Natural Setting 1900–1980, Martha Parrish & James Reinish, Inc., New York, April 28–June 19, 2009.Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, April 22–July 27, 2009. (Catalogue)Exile on Main St. Exile Humour, Exaggeration & Anti-Authoritarianism in American Art, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands, February 17–August 16, 2009. (Catalogue)Carl Ostendarp. Pulled Up, The Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence,February 13–August 23, 2009.Strike A Pose, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, January 30–February 282008From the Inside, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, 2008.rep’e.t’tion, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow, November 28, 2008–January 17, 2009.Abstract Imagination, PKM Trinity Gallery, Seoul, June 26–July 31, 2008Go for it! Olbricht Collection (a sequel), Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany, May 10–December 31, 2008.Works on Paper, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, May 1–June 27, 2008.Peter Blake and John Wesley. Tracings: From the 1960s on, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, March 15–April 12, 2008.Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, March 14–June 8, 2008. (Catalogue)Tom Wesselmann & the 11 POP Artists, Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany, January 26–March 29, 2008.There is Desire Left (Knock, Knock). 40 Years of Fine Arts from the Mondstudio Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, January 25–April 27, 2008. Traveled to: Museum Wiesbaden, Germany, June 1-September 21, 2008. (Catalogue)People, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, January 7–February 23, 2008.2007Two Years, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 17, 2007–February 17, 2008.Changing Tastes in Representational Art, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, September 4–November 25, 2007.Equal, That Is, to the Real Itself, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, June 21–July 28, 2007.News on Paper, Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany, May 9–June 15, 2007.Rockers Island. Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany, May 5–July 1, 2007.Deep Comedy, Ballroom Marfa, Texas, March 23–September 30, 2007. Traveled to: Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, June 25–July 30, 2008.Not For Sale, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, February 11–April 30, 2007.2006SAM's Collection 2006, Seattle Art Museum, Washington, September–November 2006.Inaugural Exhibition. 100 Artists–100 Watercolors, Jeannie Freilich Fine Art, New York, September 21–October 28, 2006.I'd Love to Turn You On: Works from the 60s and 70s, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, California, September 9–October 12, 2006.Sweets & Beauties, Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York, July 1–August 25, 2006.Full House: Views of the Whitney's Collection at 75, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 29–October 15, 2006.Works on Paper, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas, June 27–July 29, 2006.American Funnies: Roy Lichtenstein, John Wesley, Robert Crumb, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, May 10–31, 2006. (Catalogue)Immagini pop: da Roy Lichtenstein a Mel Ramos, W il Pop, Arte e Mass Media Festival, Ta Matete, Bologna, Italy, May 4–July 29, 2006.2005Tête à Tête, Greenberg Van Doren, New York, June 9–July 8, 200POP!, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, June 5–September 25, 2005.It'll Cost You, Artek Contemporaries, New York, June 2–July 30, 2005.Surface, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, June 2–July 1, 2005.On Paper: Drawings from the 1960s to the Present, Daniel Weinberg, Los Angeles, February 26–April 16, 2005.2004Figurative Works on Paper by 20th Century Masters, Elkon Gallery, New York, 2004.Line, Hines Gallery at West 52, New York, 2004.Funny Cuts. Cartoons and Comics in Contemporary Art, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany, December 4, 2004–April 17, 2005. (Catalogue)SAM's Collection 2004, Seattle Art Museum, Washington, September 2004–April 2005.Disparities & Deformations: Our Grotesque, Site Santa Fe's Fifth International Biennial, New Mexico, July 18, 2004–January 9, 2005. (Catalogue)The Big Nothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, May 1–August 1, 2004. (Catalogue)Drawing the Line. Insight, Perspective, Contour, Limit, Arrangement, The Lobby Gallery, New York, March 29–May 8, 2004.Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, March 8–April 4, 2004.100 Artists See God, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, March 7–June 27, 2004. Traveled to: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, November 19, 2004–January 9, 2005; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, July 10–October 2, 2005; Freedman Art Gallery, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, September 29, 2005–January 8, 2006; Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, February 4–April 16, 2006.2003Game Over, Grimm I Rosenfeld, Munich, September 10–October 25, 2003.The Power of Pop, Stiftung Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany, June 21–August 31, 2003.POP thru OUT, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea, May 27–July 20, 2003.Funny Papers: Cartoons and Contemporary Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, February 15–April 19, 2003.2002Summer 2002, Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York, 2002.The Presidential Suite, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, November 17, 2002–February 16, 2003.Beautiful Productions: Parkett Collaborations and Editions Since 1984, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, June 20–October 27, 2002. Traveled to: Palazzo Remer, Venice, 2003; Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland, November 26, 2004–February 13, 2005.Art Downtown. New York: Painting & Sculpture, 48 Wall Street, Wall Street Rising, New York, June 14–September 15, 2002.Einfach Kunst. Sammlung Rolf Ricke, Neues Museum in Nurnberg, Germany, June 6–August 25, 2002.Private Space, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, January 11–February 2, 2002.2001Das Museum unserer Wiinsche, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, November 1, 2001–April 28, 2002.Pop Art. Andy Warhol-Works on Paper, Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner KG, Berlin, September 8–October 27, 2001.Pop Art in the U.S. and Europe, Spaightwood Galleries, Upton, Massachusetts, August 24–September 23, 2001.The "W" Show, Frac Franche-Comte, Musee des Beaux Arts, Dole, France, June 22–September 30, 2001.John Wesley/ Stephan Baumkotter: Malerei, Sammlung Mondstudio, Villa Fluegel, Bad Homburg, Germany, January–June 2001.Pop Art: U.S./U.K. Connections, 1956-1966, The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, January 26–May 13, 2001. (Catalogue)Locating Drawing, Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas, January 20–February 24, 2001.2000The Body of Painting. Günter Umberg mit Bildern aus Kölner Sammlungen, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, July 21–September 17, 2000.The Figure: Another Side of Modernism. Paintings from 1950 to the Present, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, New York, June 4, 2000–January 14, 2001.Innuendo, Dee/Glasoe Gallery, New York, June 3–July 22, 2000.Patricia Broderick and John Wesley, Art Resources Transfer, Inc., New York, February 15–March 19, 2000.1999Robert Grosvenor, Andreas Gursky, John Wesley, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 20–May 19, 1999.Contemporary Collectors XIV, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California, April 19–July 2, 1999.Der Kiinstler als Kurator: Giinter Umberg ... und wandelt mit bediichtiger Schnelle vom Himmel durch die Welt der Holle, Galerie nachst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwalder, Vienna, September 22–October 31, 1999.1998Americans, The Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 1998.Collector's Choice, The Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 1998.The Risk of Existence, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, November 7–December 31, 1998.Thinking About Old Friends: An exhibition of paintings dedicated to Richard Bellamy, Carl Solwey Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 1–November 30, 1998.Figure Drawings, Danese Gallery, New York, July 30–September 11, 1998.Ideal und Wirklichkeit.Das Bild des Körpers in der Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts von Bonnard bis Warhol, Rupertinum, Museum Moderner Kunst Salzburg, Salzburg, July 18–September 27, 1998. (Catalogue)Double Trouble: The Patchett Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California, June 27–September 5, 1998. Traveled to: Museo de las artes and Instituto Cultural Cabanas, Guadalajara, September 10–November 22, 1998; Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, February–April 1999; Museo Universitario Contemporaneo de Arte, Mexico City, April–June 1999; Auditorio de Galicia and Inglesia San Domingos de Bonaval, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, July 10–September 5, 1999; Sala Am6s Salvador, Logrono, Spain, November 1999–February 2000. (Catalogue)Painting Now and Forever, Part I, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York and Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, June 26–July 31, 1998.Bathroom, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, June 18–August 7, 1998.Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, June 7–August 30, 1998. (Catalogue)Remix, Team Gallery, New York, May 27–June 27, 1998.Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, May 20–June 7, 1998.Pop Abstraction, Museum of American Art, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art, Philadelphia, February 21–April 19, 1998.1997Group Exhibition, Danese Gallery, New York, 1997.Landscape U.S.A., Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, November 20–December 24, 1997.Birth of the Cool: American painting from Georgia O'Keeffe to Christopher Wool, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, February 14–May 1, 1997. Traveled to: Kunsthaus Zurich, June 18–September 7, 1997. (Catalogue)Sex/Industry, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, February 8–March 23, 1997.1996Anima Mundi, James Graham & Sons, New York, 1996.Community of Creativity: A Century of MacDowell Colony Artists, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, September 13–December 2, 1996. Traveled to: Wichita Art Museum, Kansas, April 29–June 15, 1997; National Academy of Design, New York, January 17–March 23, 1997.Ralph Humphrey: Paintings 1954–1980 and John Wesley: the 1970s, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, July 9–August 17, 1996.Form als Ziel miindent immer in Formalismus, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany, June 7–August 18, 1996.1995Donald Judd and Artist Friends, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, September 21–November 18, 1995.Dutch Wives, Phone Sex & Other Cheap Thrills, Apex Art, New York, September 6–October 7, 1995.1994Deadpan, The Work Space at Dolgenos Newman & Cronin, New York, November 18, 1994–January 6, 1995.Single-Cell Creatures: Cartoons and Their Influence on the Contemporary Arts, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, September 25, 1994–January 1,19951993Ava Gerber and John Wesley, Jose Freire Fine Art, Project Space, New York, 1993.Drawing the Line against AIDS, Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, June 8–13, 1993. Traveled to: The Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York, November 6–19, 1993. (Catalogue)Twenty Year Anniversary Exhibition, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, California, April–Augus 1993.I Am the Enunciator, Thread Waxing Space, New York, January 9–February 20, 1993. (Catalogue)1992The Whole Part: John Coplans, Rona Pondick and John Wesley, Fiction/Nonfiction, New York, 1992.Works on Paper, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, 1992.Hand-Painted Pop: American Art in Transition 1957–1962, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, December 6, 1992–March 7, 1993. Traveled to: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, April 13–June 20, 1993; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 17–October 3, 1993.U-Bahn Station Bockenheimer Warte and Universitätsbibliothek, Frankfurt, Germany, November 27–December 23, 1992. Traveled to: Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, February 19–March 21, 1993; Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, May 15–June 30, 1993.Bedroom Pictures, Asher-Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, October 24–December 12, 1992. Traveled to: Rubin-Spangle, New York, January 16–February 13, 1993.PopArt, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, October 23, 1992–January 24, 1993. (Catalogue)Re: Framing Cartoons, Wexner Center for Contemporary Art, Columbus, Ohio, June 28–September 13, 1992.Slow Art: Painting in New York Now, P.S. l Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, April 26–June 21, 1992.1991About Collecting: Four Collectors, Four Spaces, Ronny Van De Velde Gallery, Antwerp, 1991.Pop Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, September 13–December 15, 1991. Traveled to: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, January 23–April 19, 1992; Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, June 16–September 14, 1992.Rope, Galeria Fernando Alcolea, Barcelona, May 28–July 20, 1991.1990Gallery Selections, Asher-Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, 1990.Summer Group Exhibition, Fiction/Nonfiction, New York, 1990.1987Pop Art USA-UK ‘60s in the '80s: American and British Artists of the ‘60s in the '80s, Odakyu Grand Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1987. Traveled to: Daimaru Museum, Osaka, Japan, September 9–September 28, 1987; Funabashi Seibu Museum of Art, Japan, October 30–November 17, 1987; Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, November 19–December 13, 1987. (Catalogue)Comic Iconoclasm, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, June 17–September 13, 1987. Traveled to: Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, October–November; Cornerhouse, Manchester, January 12- February 21, 1988; Ciraulo des Bellas Artes, Madrid, May 1988–July 1988; Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark, August 20–October 30, 1988. (Catalogue)1984Twentieth-Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context (organized by the International Exhibitions Foundation), Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, 1984. Traveled to: Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, 1984; Terra Museum of Art, Evanston, Illinois, April 29–June 17, 1984; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, November 18–December 30, 1984; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, 1985; National Academy of Design, New York, March 15–15 May 15, 1985. (Catalogue)1983The Comic Art Show: Cartoons in Painting and Popular Culture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 16–August 26, 1983.1982Summer Annual, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, June 5–July 23, 1982, and September 7–29, 1982.Cloudworks, Stewart Neill Gallery, New York, January 2– February 3, 1982.1981Summer Exhibition of Gallery, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1981.Robert Elkon: Two Decades, Robert Gallery, New York, September 26–November 4, 1981.1980In Small Scale, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, December 20, 1980–January 21, 1981.Summer Group Exhibition 1980, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, June 7–October 1980.1979Summer Exhibition 1979, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1979.Drawings and Prints, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, May 23–June 1979.The Sixties Revisited, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, February 10–March 8, 1979.1978Another Aspect of Pop Art, P.S. l Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, October 1– November 19, 1978.Art About Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 19–September 24, 1978. Traveled to: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, October 22–November 26, 1978; The Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, December 17, 1978–February 11, 1979; Portland Art Museum, Oregon, March 6, 1979–April 15, 1979.Summer Annual Exhibition, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, June 9–October 5, 1978.cARToons, Wh1tney Museum of American Art, New York, June 1–July 5, 1978.1977Summer Exhibition, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, June–September 1977.Schuman Collection, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York, January 8–February 20, 1977.The Sixties, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, January 8–February 2, 1977.1976Artworks, Shops on Jefferson, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1976.Summer Group Show, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1976.Painting and Sculpture Today 1976, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, June 9–July 18, 1976. (Catalogue)1975Arnaldi to Wesley–Works on Paper, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1975.1974American Painting from 1961, Alan Frumkin Gallery, New York, 1974.Group Show, Plaza Gallery, Lincoln First Bank, Rochester, New York, August 1–30, 1974.Summer Exhibition 1974, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, June–September 1974.1973Summer Exhibition 1973, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1973.Works on Paper, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, December 15, 1973–January 10, 1974.1972Recent American Painting & Sculpture in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, November 17–December 31, 1972.Summer Group Show, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, June–September 1972.Befragung der Realität-Bildwelten heute, Documenta 5, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, June 30–October 8, 1972. (Catalogue)Group Show, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, February 5–March 2, 1972.1971Gallery Group: Summer Exhibition, Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1971.1969Painting and Sculpture Today! '69, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, 1969. (Catalogue)1969 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting, Wh1tney Museum of American Art, New York, December 16, 1969–February 1, 1970.1968The Figure International (organized by the American Federation of Arts), Centennial Art Museum, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 6–27, 1968. Traveled to: Palomar College, San Marcos, California, November 17–December 8, 1968; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, December 29, 1968–January 19, 1969; Tyler School of Fine Arts, State University of New York, Oswego, February 9–March 2, 1969; The Huntington National Bank, Columbus, Ohio, March 23–April 13, 1969; Tennessee Fine Arts, Cheekwood Nashville, May 4–May 25, 1969; Isaac Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 23–July 6, 1969; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, July 27–August 17, 1969; Tucson Art Center, Arizona, September 7–28, 1969; Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, October 19–November 9, 1969.Patriotic Images in American Art (organized by the American Federation of Arts), State University of New York at Buffalo, February 12–April 8, 1968. Traveled to: Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, October 27–November 29, 1968; Cedar Rapids Art Center, Iowa, January 19–February 9, 1969; Decatur Art Center, Illinois, March 2–23, 1969; Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina, April 13–May 4, 1969.1967Premio International, Instituto Torcuatio di Tella, Buenos Aires, 1967.1967 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, December 1967–February 1968.1966Poster for the Paris Review, Byron Gallery, New York, 1966.Pop Art and the American Tradition, Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin, April 9–May 9, 1966. (Catalogue)The Box Show, Byron Gallery, New York, February 3–27, 1966.1965Pop and Op: An Exhibition of 65 Graphic Works (organized by the American Federation of Arts), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, December 31, 1965–January 24, 1966. Traveled to: AFA American Federation of Arts Gallery, New York, February 8–March 2, 1966; Philadelphia Civic Center, Commercial Museum, March 14–April 3, 1966; The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, April 26–May 15, 1966; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, May 22–June 12, 1966; Flint Institute of Arts, De Waters Art Center, Michigan, June 26–July 17, 1966; William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, July 31–August 21, 1966; Isaac Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 9–25, 1966; Columbus Museum of Arts and Craft, Ohio, October 9–30, 1966; Hollywood Art Center, Florida, November 13–December 4, 1966; Cincinnati Art Museum, December 18, 1966–January 8, 1967; Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, January 22–February 12, 1967; Portland Art Museum, Oregon, February 19–March 12, 1967; Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, April 4–May 7, 1967; Beverly Hills National Bank, California, May 21–June 11, 1967; Fort Lauderdale Museum of Arts, Florida, June 25–July 16, 1967; Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, July 30–August 20, 1967; Charleston Art Gallery, Charleston, West Virginia, September 3–24, 1967; Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, October 6–29, 1967; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama, November 12–December 3, 1967; Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences, Binghamton, New York, December 17, 1967–January 7, 1968.1964Anti-Sensitivity Art, Ohio University, Athens, 1964.Group Show, Henri Gallery, Washington D.C., 1964.Forty-Six Works from New York, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, November 12–December 7, 1964.The Republican Convention Show, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, July 13–16, 1964.Pop Art: New Realists, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands, June 24–July 31, 1964.World House International, World House Galleries, New York, June 9–July 31, 1964.Recent American Drawings, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, April 19–May 17, 1964.1963The Popular Image, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, October 24–November 23, 1962. (Catalogue)Pop Art USA, Oakland Art Museum and California College of Arts & Craft, September 7–29, 1963. (Catalogue)The Popular Image, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington D.C., April 18–June 2, 1963. (Catalogue)1959Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity: Annual Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 4–September 6, 1959.1958Los Angeles Area Drawing Exhibition, Exodus Gallery, San Pedro, California, October 31–November 26, 1958. Public Collections 03-John-Wesley-public-collections Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New YorkArt Institute of Chicago, IllinoisJack Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TexasThe Brooks Museum, Memphis, TennesseeChase Manhattan Bank, New YorkChinati Foundation, Marfa, TexasCleveland Museum of Art, OhioDayton Art Institute, OhioDenver Art Museum, ColoradoDetroit Institute of the Arts, MichiganFogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MassachusettsHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawing Collection, New YorkKunstmuseum, BaselMichner Collection, University of Texas, AustinMuseum Ludwig, CologneThe Museum of Modern Art, New YorkMuseum of Contemporary Art, ChicagoMuseum of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesMinneapolis Society of Fine Arts, MinneapolisNeuberger Berman, Inc., New YorkPortikus, Frankfurt, GermanyPortland Museum of Art, MainePortland Art Museum, OregonRose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MassachusettsSeattle Art Museum, WashingtonSmithsonian American Art Musem, Washington, D.C.Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KentuckyStedelijk Museum, AmsterdamUniversity of Kentucky, LexingtonWhitney Museum of American Art, New YorkWadsworth Antheneum, Hartford, Connecticut Periodicals 05-John-Wesley-bib-periodicals 2022Kennedy, Randy. “An Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93.” The New York Times, 10 February 2022.Phillips, Brad. “John Wesley Tribute.” Office Magazine, 2022.2018Johnson, Paddy. “Pop Erotica And 8 Centuries of Fantasy: NYC’s Fall Gallery Season Is Its Best in Years; Fredericks & Freiser, John Wesley, ‘Together and Alone’” (exhibition review). The Observer, 20 September 2018.2017Pagel, David. “Review: At the Pit, artists mine the emotions behind the machine.” Los Angeles Times, 11 August 2017.2016Dinneen, Steve. “John Wesley exhibition: the Los Angeles-based artist to host exhibition at London’s Waddinton Custot.” City A.M, 12 July 2016.2015Bently, Kyle. “John Wesley.” Art in America, 4 November 2015.Johnson, Ken. “John Wesley: Important Works From 1961 to 1966.” The New York Times, 28 May 2015.Taft, Catherine. “John Wesley, Fredericks & Freiser” (exhibition review). Artforum (September 2016): 386.2014Russeth, Andrew. “John Wesley is Next Up on the High Line Billboard.” Art News, 21 November 2014.Vogel, Carol. “Spirit of ’76.” The New York Times, 21 November 2014.2011Accuna, J. J. “John Wesley, the Cowboy of American Pop Art, at de Sarthe Gallery” (exhibition review). The Wanderlister Asia, 6 November 2011.Lam, Bouree. “John Wesley” (de Sarthe Gallery exhibition review). Time Out Hong Kong, 28 September 2011.Lee, Ashley. “John Wesley at de Sarthe Gallery” (exhibition review). Art Asia Pacific, 9 November 2011.2009Casadio, Mariuccia. “John Wesley, Isola Di San Giorgio Maggiore.” L’uomo Vogue, May/June 2009.Cotter, Holland. “The Year of Tumult.” The New York Times, 29 October 2009.Franzen, Jonathan. “Fiction: Good Neighbors.” New Yorker, 8 & 15 June 2009: 78.Johnson, Ken. “John Wesley: Questions of Women.” The New York Times, 2 January 2009: C34.Kennedy, Randy. “Pop and Rococo Meet and Greet.” The New York Times, 9 June 2009.“Prada’s Venice Splash.” The Daily Beast, 3 June 2009.Schjeldahl, Peter. “Let It Bleed.” The New Yorker, 23 November 2009.Spence, Rachel. “Glut Instinct.” Financial Times, 6–7 June 2009.Studer, Margaret. “Meanwhile, in Basel, contemporary works you can buy.” The Wall Street Journal, 5 –7 June 2009.Tonchi, Stefano.“Venice, Slowly but Surely.” The New York Times, 9 June 2009.Yablonsky, Linda. “Dogana Days.” Artforum, 9 June 2009.2007Hainley, Bruce. “John Wesley” (Fredericks & Freiser exhibition review). Artforum, April 2007: 280, illustrated.Maine, Stephen. “John Wesley at Fredericks & Freiser” (exhibition review). Art in America, May 2007: 201–202, illustrated.Scott, Andrea. “John Wesley ‘The Bumsteads’” (Fredericks & Freiser exhibition review). The New York Times, 19 January 2007: E38.2006Berwick, Carly. “New York’s Hometown Contemporary Art Fair.” The New York Sun, 9 March 2006.Kino, Carol. “Teaming With the Artists to Buoy the Bottom Line.” The New York Times, 29 March 2006, illustrated.2005Johnson, Ken. “John Wesley.” The New York Times, 25 November 2005: E4.Robinson, Walter. “Miami Heat.” Artnet, 2 December 2005: 3.2004Kimmelman, Michael. “Artists Who Just Say No to Everything.” The New York Times, 25 June 2004, illustrated.Myers, Terry. R. “John Wesley at Fredericks Freiser Gallery” (exhibition review). artUS, January/February 2004, illustrated.Pagel, David. “Plain Pop packs an emotional punch.” The Los Angeles Times, 24 September 2004: E28, illustrated.Schwendener, Martha. “John Wesley at Fredericks Freiser Gallery.” Artforum, March 2004: 186, illustrated.Yablonsky, Linda. “What is so Funny about Contemporary Art?” Art News, September 2004: 115, illustrated.2003Chen, Aric. “Cartoon Strip.” Hint Fashion Magazine, 3 November 2003, illustrated.“Goings On About Town” (Fredericks Freiser Gallery exhibition review). The New Yorker, November 2003: 22, illustrated.Smith, Roberta. “John Wesley” (Fredericks Freiser Gallery exhibition review). The New York Times, 28 November 2003: E44, illustrated.Tully, Judd. “Second Coming.” Art & Auction, June 2003: 92–103, illustrated.Waxman, Lori. “New York’s Critic’s Picks” (Fredericks Freiser Gallery exhibition review). Artforum, 2003.2002Crüwell, Von Konstanze. “Vom Glück des Sammelns”. Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 11 August 2002, illustrated.“Harper’s Benefit: Twelve Great Artists with Twelve Great Writers.” Harper’s Bazaar, July 2002: 153, illustrated.Holmes, Pernilla. “Report Card: John Wesley.” Art Review, January 2002: 69, illustrated.Knight, Christopher. “Childlike Colors render Adult Desires, Anxieties.” Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2002: F29, illustrated.2001Johnson, Ken. “West Side: The Armory Show on the Piers Just keeps on Growing.” The New York Times, 23 February 2001.Temin, Christine. “Wesley Exhibit brings Pop and Surrealism to the Sert.” The Boston Globe, 14 February 2001: C10.2000“Autumn at PS1” (exhibition review). Flash Art, November/December 2000.Budlick, Ariella. “Uninflicted Eroticism of a Twilight Zone’s Wit.” Newsday, 13 October 2000.Carotenuto, Gianna. “John Wesley.” Art Issues, September/October 2000.Curiger, Bice. Review (PS1 Contemporary Art Center exhibition review). The New York Times, 10 September 2000: 91.Hickey, Dave. “Touche Boucher.” Artforum, October 2000: 116–121.Hickey, Dave. “Safe Flavin, Dan Flavin Lights up Texas” (Texas Gallery exhibition review). Vanity Fair, No. 281 (September 2000).Johnson, Ken. “Objects of Desire: 125 Views of the Human Figure.” The New York Times, 1 September 2000.Kimmelman, Michael. “Comforting Funny Outlandishness That Sticks to Its Own Logic.” The New York Times, 1 December 2000: E33Kimmelman, Michael. “The Year in Review.” The New York Times, 31 December 2000.Koestenbaum, Wayne. “Best of 2000.” Artforum, December 2000: 128–129.Leffingwell, Edward. “John Wesley at Jessica Fredericks” (exhibition review). Art in America, May 2000: 161–162.Newhall, Edith. “Retrospective not Just Pop” (PS1 Contemporary Art Center exhibition review). New York Magazine, 33, No.37, 25 September 2000.Pagel, David. “Wesley’s World: Intimate, Ambiguous” (Daniel Weinberg Gallery exhibition review). The Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2000.Schjeldahl, Peter. “Light in Judd land.” The New Yorker, 25 September 2000: 98–99.1999Bankowsky, Jack. “Best of the 90’s.” Artforum, December 1999: 12.Smith, Roberta. “John Wesley.” The New York Times, 26 November 1999: E41, illustrated.Scott, Andrea. “John Wesley.” The New Yorker, 29 November 1999: 26, illustrated.1998Bell, J. Bower. “John Wesley at Danese” (exhibition review). Review, 1 October 1998: 36.Brackman, Yvette. “John Wesley: ‘Favorite Works.’” Time Out New York, 19 March 1998: 57, illustrated.Butcher, Sterry. “Wesley Exhibit Spans 30 Years.” The Big Bend Sentinel, 8 October 1998: 1, 14, illustrated.Chambers, Christopher. “September Picks.” NY Arts Magazine 24, September 1998: 41, illustrated.Humphrey, David. “New York: Robert Greene; Amy Sillman; John Wesley.” Art Issues, Summer 1998: 34–35.Johnson, Ken. “John Wesley at Danese: Art Brief” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 9 October 1998: E39.Johnson, Ken. “John Wesley at Jessica Fredericks Gallery” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 27 February 1998.Plagens, Peter. “The Best of 1998: John Wesley at Jessica Fredericks” (exhibition review). Artforum, December 1998: 98, illustrated.Plagens, Peter. “John Wesley at Jessica Fredericks Gallery” (exhibition review). Artforum, May 1998: 141, illustrated.Rimanelli, David. “John Wesley.” The New Yorker, 9 March 1998: 20.Smith, Roberta. “The Risk of Existence.” The New York Times, 4 December 1998: E35.1997Smith, Roberta. “On the History of Cool, A Show is Hip to America.” The New York Times, 15 August 1997: H35, illustrated.1995Karmel, Pepe. “Dutch Wives, Phone Sex & Other Cheap Thrills.” The New York Times, 22 September 1995: C31.1994Eickhoff, Beate. "Die Stilisierung des Nabels." Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, 14 January 1994, illustrated.1993Cohen, Michael. “John Wesley at Daniel Weinberg.” Flash Art International, January/February 1993: 92–93, illustrated.Iannaccone, Carmine. “Review of 'Bedroom Pictures.” Art Issues LA, January/February: 42.Johnson, Ken. “Troubled Toons.” Art in America, February 1993: 57, 76–81, illustrated.Jusidman, Yishai. "John Wesley at Daniel Weinberg.” Art Issues, February 1993: 42, illustrated.Kimmelman, Michael. “Explosive Painting: The Path to Pop.” The New York Times, 9 July 1993: C1, 24.Sonnenburg, Gisela. “Entlarvungdes amerikanischen Traums.” Neues Detschland, 9 October 1993.1992Hess, Elizabeth. “Dirty Laundry: Review of 'The Whole Part.’” The Village Voice, 12 May 1992: 91.Kertess, Klaus. “Erotico(s)mics” (Daniel Weinberg Gallery exhibition review). Los Angeles, October 1992.Levin, Kim. “Voice Choice: 'Slow Art.’” The Village Voice, 19 May 1992: 75–76.Myers, Terry R. “Abstraction Gets a Life.” Tema Celeste, Summer 1992: 82, illustrated.Pagel, David. “Charm, Trauma Mix in Wesley Works.” The Los Angeles Times, 22 October 1992: F8, illustrated.Pagel, David. “Strange Bedfellows.” The Los Angeles Times, 19 November 1992: F6.Smith, Roberta. “From New York Painters, Work That Takes Time.” The New York Times, 1 May 1992: C31.1991Adams, Brooks. “Review of 'Selected Paintings: 1963-1973' at fiction/nonfiction” (exhibition review). Art in America, October 1991: 216–217, illustrated.Borum, Jenifer P. “Review.” Artforum International, Summer 1991: 114, illustrated.Kimmelman, Michael. “Wesley's Decorative Slant.” The New York Times, 30 March 1991: C25, illustrated.“La Soga y el proyecto Hitchcock.” Mirador, 13 June 1991.Liebmann, Lisa. “Review of Selected Paintings: 1963-1973' at fiction/nonfiction” (exhibition review). The New Yorker, 26 March 1991: 12.McGonigle, Thomas. “Review.” Art News, September 1991: 136–138, illustrated.“‘Rope,’ Colgados de Hitcchcock.” Guia del Ocio. No. 80, 7 June 1991: illustrated.Schjeldahl, Peter. “Toontown.” Seven Days, 4 April 1991: 60–61.Schwartz, Sanford. “Between Bonnard and Dick Tracy.” The New York Times, 6 October 1991.Tager, Alisa. “Review.” Lapiz. No. 78, May/June 1991, illustrated.Yau, John. “The Erotic Other.” Arts Magazine/1991-1992 International Directory of Exhibition Catalogues, 1991: 26–28, illustrated.1984Cummings, Paul. “Twentieth Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context.” International Exhibitions Foundation, 1984: 140, illustrated.Raynor, Vivien. “John Wesley” (Robert Elkon Gallery exhibition review). The New York Times, June 1984.1982Russell, John. “John Wesley” (Robert Elkon Gallery exhibition review). The New York Times, 16 April 1982.1980Stimson, Paul. “John Wesley at Elkon” (exhibition review). Art in America, October 1980: 131, illustrated.1979McGonigle, Thomas. “John Wesley.” Arts Magazine, February 1979: 9, illustrated.1977Schwartz, Sanford. “John Wesley at Elkon” (exhibition review). Art in America, January/February 1977: 124, illustrated.1974Frank, Peter. “John Wesley at Elkon” (exhibition review). Art in America, May/June 1974: 106–107, illustrated.Green, Hannah. “A Journal in Praise of the Art of John Wesley.” The Unmuzzled Ox 2, No. 3, 1974: 46–65.1973Schjeldahl, Peter. “Something Funny's Going On.” The New York Times, 7 January 1973.1970Kronhausen, Phyllis and Eberhard. “John Wesley.” Erotic Art 2, 1970.1968Benedikt, M. “John Wesley.” Art International Magazine, 9 November 1968.1967Benedikt, M. “John Wesley.” Art International Magazine, April 1968.1965Johnson, J. “John Wesley.” Art International Magazine, 1965: 41–42, 46.Plumb, Barbara. “Artists Find New Objects For Humor.” The New York Times, 26 May 1965, illustrated.1964Johnson, J. “John Wesley.” Art News, January 1964.1963Judd, Donald. “John Wesley” (Robert Elkon Gallery exhibition review). Arts Magazine, April 1963. Books and Catalogues 04-John-Wesley-bib-books 2024John Wesley: WesleyWorld: Works on Paper and Objects 1961–2004 (digital exhibition catalogue). Text by Richard Shiff. New York: Pace Gallery, 2024.2017The Young Years (exhibition catalogue). Saratoga Springs: The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, 2017.2016John Wesley: The Henry Ford Syndrome. Text by Dan Fox. London: Waddington Custot, 2016.2013Re-View: Onnasch Collection (exhibition catalogue). Text by Paul Schimmel. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2007.2011Alice in Wonderland: Through the Visual Arts (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Gavin Delahunty, Christopher Benjamin Schulz, Eleanor Clayton. London: Tate Publishing, 2011.John Wesley: Paintings: 1960's–2000's (exhibition catalogue). Hong Kong: de Sarthe Gallery, 2011.2009Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Connie Butler, Gary Garrels, and Harvey Shipley Miller. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2009.Exile on Main St. Exile Humour, Exaggeration & Anti-Authoritarianism in American Art (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Alexander van Grevenstein, and Robert Storr. Cologne: Walther König, 2009.John Wesley (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Germano Celant, Antonella Soldaini, and Bill Barrette. Milan: Fondazione Prada, 2009.2008John Wesley: Works on Paper & Paintings (exhibition catalogue). Text by Marco Livingstone. London: Waddington Custot, 2008.Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan (exhibition catalogue). Text by Mary-Kay Lombino. Poughkeepsie, New York: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 2008.There is Desire Left (Knock, Knock). 40 Years of Fine Arts from the Mondstudio Collection (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Sammlung Mondstudio, and Matthias Frehner. Bern, Switzerland: Kunstmuseum Bern, 2008.2007John Wesley: The Bumsteads (exhibition catalogue). Text by Robert Hobbs. New York: Fredericks & Freiser, 2007.2006American Funnies: Roy Lichtenstein, John Wesley, Robert Crumb (exhibition catalogue). Seoul: Gallery Hyundai, 2006.John Wesley: A Collection (exhibition catalogue). Text by Terry R. Myers. New York: Zwirner & Wirth, 2006.2005John Wesley: Works on Paper Since 1960 (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Martin Hentschel and Martha Schwendener. Bielefeld, Germany: Kerber Verlag, 2005.2004Disparities & Deformations: Our Grotesque (exhibition catalogue). Text by Robert Storr. Santa Fe, New Mexico: SITE Santa Fe, 2004.Funny Cuts. Cartoons and Comics in Contemporary Art (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Kassandra Nakas, Ulrich Pfarr, and Andreas Schalhorn. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany: Kerber, 2004.2002Einfach Kunst : Sammlung Rolf Ricke. Texts by Lucius Grisebach, Thomas Heyden, and Melitta Kliege. Nuremberg, Germany: Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, 2002.2001John Wesley (exhibition catalogue). London: Gagosian Gallery, 2001.John Wesley, Love’s Lust, Passive Expressive (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Linda Norden. Boston: Harvard University Art Museum, 2001.Pop Art: U.S./U.K. Connections, 1956-1966 (exhibition catalogue). Texts by David Brauer, Christopher Finch, Ned Rifkin, and James Edwards. Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001.2000John Wesley: Paintings 1961-2000 (exhibition catalogue). Text by Alanna Heiss. Long Island City: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 2000.1998Double Trouble: The Patchett Collection (exhibition catalgoue). Texts by Pilar Perez, and Auditorio de Galicia. San Deigo: Museum of Contmeporary Art, San Deigo, 1998.Ideal und Wirklichkeit.Das Bild des Körpers in der Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts von Bonnard bis Warhol (exhibition catalogue). Text by Petter Weiermair. Zürich: Ed. Stemmle, 1998.Pop Surrealism (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Richard Klein, Dominique Nahas, and Ingrid Schaffner. Ridgefield Connecticut: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 2998.1997Birth of the Cool: American painting from Georgia O'Keeffe to Christopher Wool (exhibition catalogue). Text by Bice Curiger, and Jeff Perrone. Ostfildern: Cantz, 1997.1993Drawing the Line Against Aids (exhibition catalogue). Text by John Cheim. New York, Rizzoli International, 1993.I am the Enunciator (exhibition catalogue). New York: Thread Waxing Space, 1993.John Wesley: Paintings, 1963–1992, Gouaches, 1961–1992 (exhibition catalogue). Text by Martin Hentschel. Munich: Oktagon Verlag, 1993.1991John Wesley: Selected Paintings, 1963–1973 (exhibition catalogue). New York: Fiction/Nonfiction, 1991.1990John Wesley: January–April 1990 (exhibition catalogue). Marfa, Texas: The Chinati Foundation, 1990.Livingstone, Marco. Pop Art: A Continuing History. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1990.1987Comic Iconoclasm (exhibition catalogue). London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1987.Livingstone, Marco. Pop Art USA-UK '60s in the '80s. Tokyo: The Brain Trust, 1987: 74.Pop Art USA-UK: American and British Artists of the 60s in the 80s (exhibition catalogue). Text by Masataka Ogawa. Tokyo: Brain Trust, Inc., 1987.1984Cummings, Paul. Twentieth Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context. Washington, D.C.: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1984: 140.1982Cheep! Paintings from the Years 1962–1982 (exhibition catalogue). Text by Hannah Green. Berlin: Reinhard Onnasch Ausstellungen, 1982.Schwartz, Sanford. The Art Presence. New York: Horizon Press, 1982: 108–110.1976Painting and Sculpture Today 1976 (exhibition catalogue). Indianapolis, Indiana: Contemporary Art Society, 1976.1972Documenta 5 Befragung Der Realität / Bildwelten Heute (exhibition catalgoue). Texts by Harald Szeemann, and Marlis Grüterich. Kassel, Germany: Documenta-GmbH, 1972.1970Compton, Michael. Pop Art. New York: Feltham, 1970: 130.1969Painting and Sculpture Today! '69 (exhibition catalogue). Indianapolis, Indiana: Contemporary Art Society, 1969.1968Amason, Harvard H. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. Text by Harvard H. Amason. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1968: 598–599.Lippard, Lucy R. Minimal Art; A Critical Anthology. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1968: 219–220.1966Lippard, Lucy R. Pop Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 1966: 126–128.Pellegrini, Aldo. New Tendencies in Art. New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1966: 236, 240.1965Pop Art and the American Tradition (exhibition catalogue). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Center, 1965.1963The Popular Image (exhibition catalogue). Text by Alan Solomon. London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1963.