biography
David Salle, born 1952 in Norman, Oklahoma, is an American painter, graphic artist and set designer. He studied with the conceptual artist John Baldessari at the California Institute of Arts in the early 1970s and initially worked with the medium of photography. Later he turned to the medium of video. In the mid-1970s Salle created a series of large-format paintings, usually composed as diptychs or triptychs. The motifs of these conceptually conceived paintings originate from everyday life, art history, pornography and dance theatre. In doing so, Salle combines templates of different themes in different styles to form an overall picture. As the artist repeatedly emphasized, the motifs of his pictures stand on their own and do not result in an overarching context in terms of content.
In the 1980s he discovered for himself the "transparent" pictures that Francis Picabia created in the 1930s. However, Salle also borrowed from Pop Art and oriented himself towards artists like Robert Rauschenberg or James Rosenquist. In the 90s, his color palette brightened, and the motifs recall the 50s in the USA. Salle lives and works in New York.
His works have been shown at various institutions such as The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), The Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), The Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The Castello di Rivoli (Turin) and The Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao).
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
David Salle, Works on Paper, Edward Hopper House & Study Center, Nyack
2021
David Salle, The Brant Foundation, Greenwich
2017
David Salle. Ham and Cheese and Other Paintings, Skarstedt Gallery, New York
David Salle. New Paintings, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
2016
David Salle. Inspired by True-Life Events, CAC Malaga, Malaga
2015
Debris, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas
2013
David Salle/Francis Picabia, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Tapestries/Battles/Allegories, Lever House Art Collection, New York
2012
David Salle, Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York
2007
David Salle. New Works, Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Salzburg
2004
David Salle, Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Paris
2003
David Salle, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
2001
David Salle, Gagosian Gallery, New York
2000
David Salle, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey
1999
David Salle, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Retrospective, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
David Salle, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
David Salle, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin
David Salle, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
1997
David Salle, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
1996
David Salle, Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Paris
1995
David Salle, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
David Salle, Gagosian Gallery, New York
1994
David Salle, Gagosian Gallery, New York
David Salle, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
1993
David Salle, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach
1992
David Salle, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
David Salle, Gagosian Gallery, New York
David Salle, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
1991
David Salle, Gagosian Gallery, New York
David Salle, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1989
David Salle, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München, Munich
David Salle, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
1988
David Salle, Castelli Gallery, New York
David Salle, The Menil Collection, Houston
David Salle, Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid
David Salle, Staatsgalerie Moderne Kunst, Munich
David Salle, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
David Salle, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1987
David Salle, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
David Salle, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1986
David Salle, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
David Salle, Castelli Graphics, New York
David Salle, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
David Salle, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
David Salle, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
David Salle, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania
David Salle, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
David Salle, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
David Salle, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
David Salle, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1985
David Salle, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
David Salle, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
1984
David Salle, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
David Salle, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1983
David Salle, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
David Salle, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam
David Salle, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
1982
David Salle, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
David Salle, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
David Salle, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1981
David Salle, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
David Salle, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
1980
David Salle, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich