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David Salle - Portraits, Flowers, and Wire - Exhibitions - Lopez de la Serna CAC

These recent works show Salle's mastery of figurative language, here offered with an element of refinement, such that we could say that they are simplified in comparison with the images associated with the artist up until now. His concern for the basic formal values of painting can be seen in his way of foregrounding the way that light and shadow fall on skin, and on the specificity of gesture.

David Salle - Portraits, Flowers, and Wire - Exhibitions - Lopez de la Serna CAC

David Salle’s style is characterized by the richness of its pictorial vocabulary, with elements that are both abstract and figurative, a language made up of many layers and visual references drawing on, among other things, popular culture and art history by way of design and advertising.

David Salle - Portraits, Flowers, and Wire - Exhibitions - Lopez de la Serna CAC

Salle reflects on the artistic medium itself as well as the artist’s identity through his combination and juxtaposition of visual elements, manipulating the painting’s surface to maximize pictorial expression, and to accentuate visual rhythms. The artist refers to this type of large - scale composition as “visual musicality”. 

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Selected Works

Selected Works Thumbnails
Untitled (portrait 05), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 56 cm / 30 x 22 in

Untitled (portrait 05), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 56 cm / 30 x 22 in

Syrie (Pink), 2013

Oil on canvas

127 x 104 cm / 50 x 41 in

Syrie (Pink), 2013

Oil on canvas

127 x 104 cm / 50 x 41 in

Untitled (portrait 13), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 51 cm / 30 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 13), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 51 cm / 30 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 14), 2019

Oil on canvas

51 x 38 cm / 20 x 15 in

Untitled (portrait 14), 2019

Oil on canvas

51 x 38 cm / 20 x 15 in

Untitled (portrait 06), 2019

Oil on canvas

68 x 50 cm / 27 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 06), 2019

Oil on canvas

68 x 50 cm / 27 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 22), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 22), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 30), 2019

Oil on canvas

65 x 51 cm / 26 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 30), 2019

Oil on canvas

65 x 51 cm / 26 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 27), 2019

Oil on canvas

25,5 x 20,5 cm / 10 x 8 in

Untitled (portrait 27), 2019

Oil on canvas

25,5 x 20,5 cm / 10 x 8 in

Untitled (portrait 04), 2019

Oil on canvas

80 x 58,5 cm / 31.5 x 23 in

Untitled (portrait 04), 2019

Oil on canvas

80 x 58,5 cm / 31.5 x 23 in

Untitled (portrait 02), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 02), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 09), 2019

Oil on canvas

65 x 51 cm / 26 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 09), 2019

Oil on canvas

65 x 51 cm / 26 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 08), 2019

Oil on canvas

67,5 x 50 cm / 27 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 08), 2019

Oil on canvas

67,5 x 50 cm / 27 x 20 in

Thursday, 2013

Oil on canvas

84 x 112 cm / 33 x 44 in

Thursday, 2013

Oil on canvas

84 x 112 cm / 33 x 44 in

Untitled (portrait 19), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 19), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 24), 2019

Oil on canvas

30,5 x 23 cm / 12 x 9 in

Untitled (portrait 24), 2019

Oil on canvas

30,5 x 23 cm / 12 x 9 in

Untitled (portrait 16), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 16), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 07), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 56 cm / 30 x 22 in

Untitled (portrait 07), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 56 cm / 30 x 22 in

Untitled (portrait 15), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 15), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 20), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 20), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 31), 2019

Oil on canvas

100 x 72,5 cm / 40 x 29 in

Untitled (portrait 31), 2019

Oil on canvas

100 x 72,5 cm / 40 x 29 in

Untitled (portrait 01), 2019

Oil on canvas

76,5 x 55,5 cm / 30 x 22 in

Untitled (portrait 01), 2019

Oil on canvas

76,5 x 55,5 cm / 30 x 22 in

Repose, 2019

Oil on canvas, acrylic and silkscreen on metal

185,5 x 173 cm / 73 x 68 in

Repose, 2019

Oil on canvas, acrylic and silkscreen on metal

185,5 x 173 cm / 73 x 68 in

Tangled Up, 2013

Oil on canvas, acrylic and silkscreen ink on board with hand thrown ceramic object

112 x 150 x 12 cm / 44 x 59 x 4.72 in

Tangled Up, 2013

Oil on canvas, acrylic and silkscreen ink on board with hand thrown ceramic object

112 x 150 x 12 cm / 44 x 59 x 4.72 in

Untitled (portrait 32), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 76 cm / 40 x 30 in

Untitled (portrait 32), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 76 cm / 40 x 30 in

Untitled (portrait 12), 2019

Oil on canvas

114 x 81 cm / 45 x 32 in

Untitled (portrait 12), 2019

Oil on canvas

114 x 81 cm / 45 x 32 in

Untitled (portrait 33), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 76 cm / 40 x 30 in

Untitled (portrait 33), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 76 cm / 40 x 30 in

Untitled (portrait 34), 2019

Oil on canvas

114,5 x 81,5 cm / 45 x 32 in

Untitled (portrait 34), 2019

Oil on canvas

114,5 x 81,5 cm / 45 x 32 in

Untitled (portrait 10), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 71 cm / 40 x 28 in

Untitled (portrait 10), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 71 cm / 40 x 28 in

Untitled WOP #29, 2013

Oil on paper

58 x 76 cm / 23 x 30 in

 

Untitled WOP #29, 2013

Oil on paper

58 x 76 cm / 23 x 30 in

 

Syrie, Yellow, 2018

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Ed. 20 of 35

Syrie, Yellow, 2018

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Ed. 20 of 35

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Syrie, Turquoise, 2014

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Ed. 20 of 35

 

Syrie, Turquoise, 2014

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Ed. 20 of 35

 

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Hannah, Violet, 2015

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Hannah, Violet, 2015

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Claudia, Teal, 2018

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Claudia, Teal, 2018

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Untitled (portrait 05), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 56 cm / 30 x 22 in

Untitled (portrait 05), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 56 cm / 30 x 22 in

Syrie (Pink), 2013

Oil on canvas

127 x 104 cm / 50 x 41 in

Syrie (Pink), 2013

Oil on canvas

127 x 104 cm / 50 x 41 in

Untitled (portrait 13), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 51 cm / 30 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 13), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 51 cm / 30 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 14), 2019

Oil on canvas

51 x 38 cm / 20 x 15 in

Untitled (portrait 14), 2019

Oil on canvas

51 x 38 cm / 20 x 15 in

Untitled (portrait 06), 2019

Oil on canvas

68 x 50 cm / 27 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 06), 2019

Oil on canvas

68 x 50 cm / 27 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 22), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 22), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 30), 2019

Oil on canvas

65 x 51 cm / 26 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 30), 2019

Oil on canvas

65 x 51 cm / 26 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 27), 2019

Oil on canvas

25,5 x 20,5 cm / 10 x 8 in

Untitled (portrait 27), 2019

Oil on canvas

25,5 x 20,5 cm / 10 x 8 in

Untitled (portrait 04), 2019

Oil on canvas

80 x 58,5 cm / 31.5 x 23 in

Untitled (portrait 04), 2019

Oil on canvas

80 x 58,5 cm / 31.5 x 23 in

Untitled (portrait 02), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 02), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 09), 2019

Oil on canvas

65 x 51 cm / 26 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 09), 2019

Oil on canvas

65 x 51 cm / 26 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 08), 2019

Oil on canvas

67,5 x 50 cm / 27 x 20 in

Untitled (portrait 08), 2019

Oil on canvas

67,5 x 50 cm / 27 x 20 in

Thursday, 2013

Oil on canvas

84 x 112 cm / 33 x 44 in

Thursday, 2013

Oil on canvas

84 x 112 cm / 33 x 44 in

Untitled (portrait 19), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 19), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 24), 2019

Oil on canvas

30,5 x 23 cm / 12 x 9 in

Untitled (portrait 24), 2019

Oil on canvas

30,5 x 23 cm / 12 x 9 in

Untitled (portrait 16), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 16), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 07), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 56 cm / 30 x 22 in

Untitled (portrait 07), 2019

Oil on canvas

76 x 56 cm / 30 x 22 in

Untitled (portrait 15), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 15), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 20), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 20), 2019

Oil on canvas

35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in

Untitled (portrait 31), 2019

Oil on canvas

100 x 72,5 cm / 40 x 29 in

Untitled (portrait 31), 2019

Oil on canvas

100 x 72,5 cm / 40 x 29 in

Untitled (portrait 01), 2019

Oil on canvas

76,5 x 55,5 cm / 30 x 22 in

Untitled (portrait 01), 2019

Oil on canvas

76,5 x 55,5 cm / 30 x 22 in

Repose, 2019

Oil on canvas, acrylic and silkscreen on metal

185,5 x 173 cm / 73 x 68 in

Repose, 2019

Oil on canvas, acrylic and silkscreen on metal

185,5 x 173 cm / 73 x 68 in

Tangled Up, 2013

Oil on canvas, acrylic and silkscreen ink on board with hand thrown ceramic object

112 x 150 x 12 cm / 44 x 59 x 4.72 in

Tangled Up, 2013

Oil on canvas, acrylic and silkscreen ink on board with hand thrown ceramic object

112 x 150 x 12 cm / 44 x 59 x 4.72 in

Untitled (portrait 32), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 76 cm / 40 x 30 in

Untitled (portrait 32), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 76 cm / 40 x 30 in

Untitled (portrait 12), 2019

Oil on canvas

114 x 81 cm / 45 x 32 in

Untitled (portrait 12), 2019

Oil on canvas

114 x 81 cm / 45 x 32 in

Untitled (portrait 33), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 76 cm / 40 x 30 in

Untitled (portrait 33), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 76 cm / 40 x 30 in

Untitled (portrait 34), 2019

Oil on canvas

114,5 x 81,5 cm / 45 x 32 in

Untitled (portrait 34), 2019

Oil on canvas

114,5 x 81,5 cm / 45 x 32 in

Untitled (portrait 10), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 71 cm / 40 x 28 in

Untitled (portrait 10), 2019

Oil on canvas

101,5 x 71 cm / 40 x 28 in

Untitled WOP #29, 2013

Oil on paper

58 x 76 cm / 23 x 30 in

 

Untitled WOP #29, 2013

Oil on paper

58 x 76 cm / 23 x 30 in

 

Syrie, Yellow, 2018

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Ed. 20 of 35

Syrie, Yellow, 2018

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Ed. 20 of 35

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Syrie, Turquoise, 2014

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Ed. 20 of 35

 

Syrie, Turquoise, 2014

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Ed. 20 of 35

 

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Hannah, Violet, 2015

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Hannah, Violet, 2015

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Untitled, 2019

Monoprint

79 x 57 cm / 31.1 x 22.44 in

83,5 x 61 x 4,5 cm / 32.87 x 24 x 1.77 in (framed)

Claudia, Teal, 2018

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)

Claudia, Teal, 2018

Lithograph

139 x 107 cm / 54.72 x 42.13 in

150,5 x 118,5 x 5,5 cm / 59.25 x 46.65 x 2.17 in (framed)