Leon Golub

Synopsis

Leon Golub (1922-2004) Was One Of Postwar America's Most Politically Engaged Artists. His Frieze-like Figurations Of Human Cruelty And The Crimes Of Warfare Kept Political Painting Alive Throughout The Countless Changings Of The Avant Garde Of The 1960s And 70s, And His Vocal Ethical Stance And Intransigent Emphasis On Content Remains Refreshing Today. Golub Addressed Events As They Unfurled, From Vietnam To South Africa To Iraq And Afghanistan, Confronting Chilling Acts Of Brutality Head-on, In A Weathered, Scratchy Style Synthesized From Sources As Various As Etruscan And Roman Art, French History Painting, Pornography And Sports Photographs. This Attractively Designed Full Golub Overview Accompanies A 2011 Retrospective Exhibition At Reina Sofía. Including 150 Color Plates, It Surveys Paintings From The 1950s To The Present, Giving Golub's Heroic Life Work Its Full Due. Reality Bites! The Ferocious Art Of Leon Golub / Jon Bird -- It's Leon Golub's Time / Jo Anna Isaak -- Leon Golub And The Banality Of Evil / Satish Padiyar -- Early Golub: The Force Of Powerlessness And The Power Of Forcefulness / Serge Guilbaut -- History Painting: The Marriage Of History Painting And Media / Leon Golub. [catalog Exhibition Curator, Jon Bird ; Catalog Editor, Jon Bird, Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia ; Texts, Jon Bird ... Et Al.]. Published On The Occasion Of The Exhibition Leon Golub Organised By The Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia From May 5 To September 12, 2011--colophon. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 191-199).