In 2011, David Salle is just about the last Postmodernist Painter. Back in the wild and woolly 1980s, he had plenty of company -- Julian Schnabel, Eric Fischl, Robert Longo, Francesco Clemente, even ...
David Salle’s career has spanned over four decades. Known as one of the major lights of “postmodern painting,” he conjures swirling masses of imagery culled from many sources. He also happens to be a ...
Read an excerpt from an essay Salle wrote for an exhibition he curated at the Hill Art Foundation, "Beautiful, Vivid, Self-contained." Installation view: "Beautiful, Vivid, Self-contained." Hill Art ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brienne Walsh is a Savannah-based reporter who covers art and culture. In trying to describe to me how to approach his paintings, ...
This fall Skarstedt gallery is pleased to present, Ham and Cheese and Other Paintings, a show of new works by David Salle—the celebrated master of postmodern painting who, for the past 40 years, has ...
ASPEN ” David Salle’s paintings have been called cold and calculated. But they are also undeniably compelling, both as thought pieces and as visually arresting works. His recent Vortex Paintings, in ...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a painter in possession of a home-slash-studio must be in want of great light. David Salle, the Oklahoma-born, East Hampton–based artist, is no exception, ...
David Salle’s “Tree of Life”; Michael Assiff’s “Volunteer Flowers”; a collective’s post-prison crusade; and 23 artists highlight Iran’s dynamic contemporary art scene. Through Oct. 30. Skarstedt, 20 ...
David Salle, born on September 28, 1952, in Norman, Oklahoma, is an influential American painter known for his eclectic, postmodern style that combines figurative imagery with abstract elements. Salle ...