In the NY Observer, Mario Naves reports that Peter Saul’s paintings at David Nolan aren’t as funny or caustic as they should be. “Bernie Madoff and his testicles make a fleeting appearance in Peter Saul�s exhibition of paintings and works-on-paper at David Nolan Gallery, and New Yorkers are poorer for […]
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Saul, Brown, and Shaw: Invoking creative craftsmanship over formulaic novelty
In LA Weekly, Doug Harvey reports that curating isn�t always as easy as it looks. “It�s rare to find a group of concurrent solo projects that genuinely complement one another � just because two artists happen to use images of trees or refer to cartography or have Photoshop doesn�t necessarily […]
Peter Saul: Genuinely scary
Long known for his acid-hued paintings melding cartoon imagery with biting social and political commentary, Peter Saul, 74, has influenced generations of contemporary artists. In the 60s, Saul was associated with a group of imagists in Chicago called the �Hairy Who� that disavowed the various New York styles and schools […]
