Peter Saul's Recent Works at Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris
Peter Saul's recent paintings were shown at Galerie Praz-Delavallade in Paris from October 10 to November 7, 2009. The exhibition, reviewed by Erik Verhagen in art press n°363 (January 2010), featured eight paintings, most created specifically for the show. Saul's earlier presentation at Maastricht's Exile on Main Street exhibition in early 2009 suffered from overcrowding, which overwhelmed his work. The Paris installation, however, was rigorous and persuasive, highlighting Saul's virtuosity in traditional genres like portraiture. His style contrasts refined technique with politically incorrect, irreverent, regressive, and outrageous content. Saul employs humor and parody, referencing art history (Delacroix, Van Gogh) and cultivating a unique appropriationism. Long marginalized by institutions, he now enjoys unexpected reconsideration, signaling the collapse of the high/low distinction. Concurrently, the gallery showed Jim Shaw's pornographic Dream Drawings.
Key facts
- Exhibition at Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, October 10 – November 7, 2009.
- Reviewed by Erik Verhagen in art press n°363 (January 2010).
- Eight paintings, most created for the exhibition.
- Saul's earlier show at Exile on Main Street, Maastricht, early 2009, was criticized for overcrowding.
- Saul's work is politically incorrect, irreverent, regressive, and outrageous.
- He references Delacroix and Van Gogh.
- Long marginalized, Saul now experiences reconsideration.
- Concurrent exhibition of Jim Shaw's Dream Drawings at the same gallery.
Entities
Artists
- Peter Saul
- Erik Verhagen
- Jim Carrey
- Ben Stiller
- Delacroix
- Van Gogh
- Jim Shaw
- Professor Choron
Institutions
- Galerie Praz-Delavallade
- art press
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Maastricht
- Netherlands
Sources
- artpress —