Surreally Salle
New Works at the Skarstedt Gallery NYC
David Salle a master of postmodern painting, who for over 40 years has deconstructed the image by embracing the performative as well as cinematic aspects of his medium, new work Ham and Cheese and other Paintings is being shown at the Skarstedt Gallery in NYC. These new works have never been seen in the U.S. and showcase his vision of American surrealism.
In 1993 Salle created his Early Product Paintings which featured the interventions of painted backgrounds and advertisements. The new work on view at Skarstedt returns to this territory and we are glad he did. His toying of space and perspective always leaves you gratefully off balance.
“There’s a piece of chevy seen from the back, magically merging with the torso of a woman in a bathing suit, and you can’t figure out how it works spatially, but they seem perfectly companionable, “Salle said.
This new work is a great surreal experience as Salle spins us with color, space and familiar images and leaves us with a sense that nothing is what it seems.
