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Peter Saul : crime and punishment /

Peter Saul is known for his vivid, cartoon-like paintings that satirize American culture. Influenced by the Chilean surrealist painter Roberto Matta and by MAD magazine, Saul developed his unique neo-surrealist style in contrast to the abstract expressionist aesthetic that prevailed at the time. Thr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saul, Peter, 1934- (Author)
Other Authors: Gioni, Massimiliano (Editor), Carrion-Murayari, Gary (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press Limited, 2020.
Subjects:
Saul, Peter, > 1934- > Exhibitions.
Pop art > United States > Exhibitions.
Artists > United States.
Painting, American > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Painting, American > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Saul, Peter, > 1934-
Artists.
Painting, American.
Pop art.
United States.
1900-2099
Exhibition catalogs.
Table of Contents:
  • Director's foreword Lisa Phillips
  • Wrong rivers and wrong halls / Dan Nadel
  • Pop eye : Thomas Crow in conversation with Massimiliano Gioni
  • The condemned and consumed / Nicole Rudick
  • Disasters of war / Matthew Israel
  • American terror / Robert Cozzolino
  • A violent opening : having to do without living beautifully / John C. Welchman
  • That's Saul, folks : Peter Saul in conversation with Massimiliano Gioni and Gary Carrion-Murayari
  • Behemoth / Jim Shaw
  • Works in the exhibition
  • Artist biography.