Peter Saul (American, b. 1934) is among the handful of American painters and collage artists whose groundbreaking proto-Pop achievements in the late 1950s and early 1960s were demoted once the champions of that movement were anointed a few years later. Saul has always forged his own path, creating often difficult, funny, and trenchant works—"sick jokes" according to Robert Storr, distinguished curator and dean of the Yale School of Art. His art embraces personal foibles and important events in American history, such as the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement. His twisted comic-book forms, artificially hot colors, controversial subject matter, and unquenchable ambition to provoke strong feelings through his paintings have kept him on the edges of the art world while also preserving, for over forty years, the freshness of his work.
Tour Schedule:
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
June 22 - September 21, 2008
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
October 17, 2008-January 4, 2009
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
February 7-April 5, 2009
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