Jerry Saltz Talk & Book Signing at the New York Academy of Art

New York Academy of Art
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Published 2023-04-30
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist, now, in Art Is Life: Icons & Iconoclasts, Visionaries & Vigilantes, & Flashes of Hope in the Night, Jerry Saltz draws on two decades of work to offer a real-time survey of contemporary art as a barometer of our times. Chronicling a period punctuated by dramatic turning points—from the cultural reset of 9/11 to the rolling social crises of today—Saltz traces how visionary artists have both documented and challenged the culture. Art Is Life offers Saltz’s eye-opening appraisals of trailblazers like Kara Walker, David Wojnarowicz, Hilma af Klint, and Jasper Johns; provocateurs like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, and Marina Abramović; and visionaries like Jackson Pollock, Bill Traylor, and Willem de Kooning. Saltz celebrates landmarks like the Obama portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, writes searchingly about disturbing moments such as the Ankara gallery assassination, and offers surprising takes on figures from Thomas Kinkade to Kim Kardashian. And he shares stories of his own haunted childhood, his time as a “failed artist,” and his epiphanies upon beholding work by Botticelli, Delacroix, and the cave painters of Niaux.

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All Comments (7)
  • @allweb429
    Jerry please translate your books to Spanish please
  • @sublimeister9630
    Love the talk on the “Sublime,” but don’t get caught up in the dualistic, bipolar, and bipartisan critiques of art or art-making. Just as “All Art is Contemporary,” all humans are born artists—innate to existence (Osho). 🙏🏼😊