David Salle (1952 Oklahoma USA) Kleurenlithografie 'The Lemon Twig' 2002 Gesigneerd met potlood

David Salle (1952 Oklahoma USA)

Kleurenlithografie 'The Lemon Twig' 2002

Gesigneerd met potlood en genummerd 43/50 

Afbeelding: 51 x 38 cm., blad: 76 x 56 cm.

David Salle (born September 28, 1952, in Norman, Oklahoma) is a prominent American postmodern artist, primarily a painter, known for his complex and layered works that combine diverse imagery from sources such as advertising, cartoons, film stills, pornography, and art history. He is a leading figure of the 1980s "return to painting" movement, also known as Neo-expressionism or the Pictures Generation. Key Aspects of his Work and Career: Salle's large-format paintings often feature superimposed or juxtaposed images in different styles (e.g., grisaille, contour line drawings, highly polished forms) to create a fragmented, non-narrative visual experience. He frequently employs cinematic devices like montage and splicing in his compositions. His art explores themes of gender, sexuality, and power, often using images of posed figures, and reflects a commentary on the image overload and commercial branding in modern culture. He aims for the painting itself to be the experience, rather than having a single, decipherable meaning. In addition to painting and printmaking, Salle has worked across various disciplines. He is a noted photographer, a stage and costume designer for choreographer Karole Armitage and playwright Kathy Acker, and directed the 1995 feature film Search and Destroy.His work has been exhibited in major museums worldwide, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao, and the Tate Gallery in London. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) under the conceptual artist John Baldessari, earning his BFA in 1973 and MFA in 1975. David Salle lives and works in Brooklyn and the Hamptons, New York.