Leon Golub Retrospective at Darthea Speyer Gallery
Leon Golub, a New York-based artist who lived in Paris during the 1960s, presented a survey of four decades of painting at the Darthea Speyer Gallery in January 2003. The exhibition focused on his ongoing exploration of global violence and political conflict, rendered through figurative compositions. This followed a 1995 retrospective at the Centre américain de Paris. Golub's work gained renewed attention at the most recent Documenta in Kassel, which highlighted his politically charged practice and its universal pictorial force.
Key facts
- Leon Golub is a New York-based artist who lived in Paris in the 1960s.
- The exhibition at Darthea Speyer Gallery took place in January 2003.
- It covered forty years of Golub's painting.
- His work addresses violence and world events.
- A prior retrospective was held at the Centre américain de Paris in 1995.
- Golub's work was featured at the most recent Documenta in Kassel.
- Documenta highlighted his engaged, powerful painting.
- The exhibition was reviewed in artpress in May 2003.
Entities
Artists
- Leon Golub
- Léon Golub
Institutions
- Darthea Speyer Gallery
- Centre américain de Paris
- Documenta
- artpress
- Galerie Darthea Speyer
Locations
- New York
- Paris
- France
- Kassel
- Germany