Artist Talk | David Salle in Conversation with Susan Tallman

A member of the influential Pictures Generation, David Salle combines popular, or commercial imagery with images made from direct observation and art historical references to create a personal pictorial language. At age 34, Salle was the youngest artist to receive a mid-career survey exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. His work is in numerous collections including the Albertina, Art Institute of Chicago, Brant Foundation, Eli Broad Family Foundation, Carnegie Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Museo Carlo Bilotti, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Australia, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Rubell Family Collection, Saatchi Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Tate Modern, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Yale University Art Gallery.

Susan Tallman is a critic and art historian. She has written extensively on contemporary art, authenticity, the history of prints, and other aspects of art and culture. A regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and The Atlantic among other publications, she has authored many books, most recently Kerry James Marshall: The Complete Prints (2023). In 2011 she co-founded the journal Art in Print, and served as its Editor-in-Chief until its closure in 2020.