Peter Saul (American, born August 16, 1934)
The exhibition, Peter Saul: From Pop to Punk at Venus Over Manhattan brings together a set of sixteen paintings and five large drawings that were created by the irreverent artist during the period of 1962 to 1973. All the work that is shown is from the collection of Mr. Saul’s longtime dealer, Allan Frumkin (1927-2002).
These works give a glimpse at a period when Saul endeavored to create an abstract expressionist version of the pop art that adopted the painterly style but rejected the existentialist themes that ran through the work. He chose instead to embolden his work with bright colors and strove to shock his audience by tackling controversial political and social subjects like the Vietnam war and civil rights with humor and his own form of pop art abstraction.
Exhibition, Peter Saul: From Pop to Punk at Venus Over Manhattan, New York, 980 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor from February 25 - April 18, 2015
Installation photographs by Blair Prentice (iheartmyart)
Installation view at Venus Over Manhattan, March 015
Installation view at Venus Over Manhattan, March 2015
All the Money in Palestine, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 68 x 96 in
San Quentin #1 (Angela Davis at San Quentin), 1971, acrylic on canvas, 71 x 94 in & The Government of California, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 68 x 96 in.
Pinkville, 1970, acrylic on canvas, 90 x 131 in.
Crucifixion of Angela Davis, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 83 1/2 x 67 1/2 in
detail of The Government of California, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 68 x 96 in.
detail of The Government of California, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 68 x 96 in.
Self Defense, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 68 x 96 in
Human Dignity, 1966, acrylic and pen on canvas, 59 x 59 in.. & Personal Disease, 1966, acrylic and pen on canvas, 49 x 65 in.
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