Research Catalog

Title

Peter Saul / with contributions by Bruce Hainley, Peter Saul, Richard Shiff and Annabelle Ténèze.

Author

Saul, Peter, 1934-

Publication

New York : Rizzoli Electa, [2021]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hainley, Bruce
• Ténèze, Annabelle
• Shiff, Richard

Description

319, 19 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm

Summary

"Peter Saul is a trailblazing artist and masterful painter who is just now receiving his due after an extraordinary six decades of painting. A Pop Art predecessor, the artist's brightly colored paintings feature contrarian depictions of popular culture and political history. Known for a satirical bent that exposes the ironies of every subject he takes up, Saul's work has been profoundly influential to the generations of artists who have followed him. In the 1950s and 1960s, reacting against Abstract Expressionism's seriousness, Saul began to paint everyday objects such as refrigerators, often overflowing with food and other household items, which resulted in his important Icebox series. He later turned to more political subjects, such as his graphic, cartoonish "Vietnam" paintings. His interest in politcal figures and their hypocrises continues to this day with paintings of politicians from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump. Freely incorporating a range of pop culture references with aplomb from cartoon and comic book characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Superman, to real life figures including Ethel Rosenberg, Willem de Kooning, Fidel Castro, and John Wayne Gacy. This work also includes darkly humorous self-portraits. This landmark volume includes several important contributions, including essays by Los Angeles based critic Bruce Hainley; Richard Shiff, renowned art historian; and Annabelle Ténèze, Chief Curator and Director of Les Abattoirs, in Toulouse, France. The book also features new commentary by the artist himself on his most important works from several periods of his career, and a 20-page booklet, also penned by the artist, called "My Life Story."" --

Alternative Title

My life story

Subject

• Saul, Peter, 1934- > Catalogs
• Saul, Peter, 1934-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

JQF 22-899

ISBN

• 0847868664
• 9780847868667

OCLC

1144098683

Author

Saul, Peter, 1934- artist, writer.

Title

Peter Saul / with contributions by Bruce Hainley, Peter Saul, Richard Shiff and Annabelle Ténèze.

Publisher

New York : Rizzoli Electa, [2021]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Hainley, Bruce, author.

Ténèze, Annabelle, author.

Shiff, Richard, author.

Saul, Peter, 1934- Paintings. Selections.

Saul, Peter, 1934- My life story.

Other Title

My life story

Research Call Number

JQF 22-899