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The Artist Project: David Salle

Jun 22, 2015 3 MINUTES

"It's always a great mystery how a painter conveys feeling."

Artist David Salle reflects on Marsden Hartley in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
David Salle, born in 1952, is an American painter, printmaker, and essayist.

“Mingus in Mexico,” is a painting by David Salle full of juxtaposed visuals including outlined chairs, tables, lamps and African sculpture, overlaying a pictorial backdrop derived from 16th and 17th century tapestries. There is an orange speech-bubble empty of words near the center of the canvas, and there are two smaller monochrome canvases inset within the work.

David Salle (American, born 1952)

Mingus in Mexico, 1990

Oil and acrylic on canvas with photosensitized linen; 84 × 114 in. Saatchi Gallery © David Salle

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