Gallery Talk: David Salle

Join collection artist David Salle as he talks about his monumental paintings inspired by the Sistine Chapel and commissioned for Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome. The works - "After Michelangelo, The Creation" "After Michelangelo, The Flood" and "After Michelangelo, The Last Judgement" (2005-2006) - have perviously never been seen in the U.S. and are currently on view as part of the reinstallation of the Parrish Permanent Collection.

[@FlavorWorld]

that one behind him is incredible i can not believe it

[@davidhunternyc1]

I would like to see a show with the work of David Salle juxtaposed with the work of Neo Rauch.

[@danglybit1]

Brilliant arrangement...who was first?

[@davidhunternyc1]

@@danglybit1 David Salle was "first" in the U.S. and Neo Rauch, oddly, took a while to break through on this side of the pond. Neo Rauch, however, has been around and respected in Europe for a long while. They are contemporaries and they both deal with the slippage of meaning through a conflation of representational imagery.

[@danglybit1]

@@davidhunternyc1 Salles images seem to have derived from a stock of mysterious mag photos...I'm slightly conflicted about his work!

[@davidhunternyc1]

@@danglybit1 "Being conflicted" is a feature of modern art. Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" perhaps being the first, with it's crude structure, dead paint, and banal color. Warhol and Bruce Nauman did the same. Another polarizing figure is Jeff Koons. For some people, looking at his work feels like scratching on a chalkboard.

[@danglybit1]

@@davidhunternyc1 Jeff for sure... I'm naturally cynical and see a lot contemporary art as being intellectually dishonest...my journey has really just started from architecture into art...thanks for your insights... appreciated.

[@garyjcampbell2058]

Love these, however, think about an artist who is rather good, in advancing in years and been overlooked mostly? There is a superfluous plethora of art that's drowning the top quality art that's on the internet. A lot of it wannabes and imitators? Do the young artists realize they are being scammed by these sites claiming to 'offer you the chance' to sell your work? When you have no chance, even if you are as good as Picasso (very unlikely). My advice is that if you think you have something to offer, take your work to a mid market physical gallery, only a small amount of pieces and show. Successful gallery owners don't have time to look through full portfolios and you don't want to irritate them. If you want any more marketing or critical advice, comment here, or wherever. Not if you are under 18.