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How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking about Art
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"If John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a classic of art criticism, looking at the 'what' of art, then David Salle's How to See is the artist's reply, a brilliant series of reflections on how artists think when they make their work. The 'how' of art has perhaps never been better explored." —Salman Rushdie


How does art work? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminates these questions by exploring the work of influential twentieth-century artists. Engaging with a wide range of Salle's friends and contemporaries—from painters to conceptual artists such as Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alex Katz, among others—How to See explores not only the multilayered personalities of the artists themselves but also the distinctive character of their oeuvres.


Salle writes with humor and verve, replacing the jargon of art theory with precise and evocative descriptions that help the reader develop a personal and intuitive engagement with art. The result: a master class on how to see with an artist's eye.

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"If John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a classic of art criticism, looking at the 'what' of art, then David Salle's How to See is the artist's reply, a brilliant series of reflections on how artists think when they make their work. The 'how' of art has perhaps never been better explored." —Salman Rushdie

How does art work? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminates these questions by exploring the work of influential twentieth-century artists. Engaging with a wide range of Salle's friends and contemporaries—from painters to conceptual artists such as Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alex Katz, among others—How to See explores not only the multilayered personalities of the artists themselves but also the distinctive character of their oeuvres.

Salle writes with humor and verve, replacing the jargon of art theory with precise and evocative descriptions that help the reader develop a personal and intuitive engagement with art. The result: a master class on how to see with an artist's eye.

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      • source: Roger White;New York Times Book Review
      • content: An upbeat, non-combative approach to art criticism.... [F]resh, engaging.
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      • source: Lorin Stein;Paris Review
      • content: Witty, chatty, intimate, sharp.
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      • content: Lovely to read.... [How to See] is serious but never solemn, alert to pleasure, a boulevardier's crisp stroll through the visual world.
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      • content: We feel we are reading the latest from a commentator who has been at it for a lifetime and yet is still making discoveries and sharp, new distinctions... observations that can be funny, warm, offhandedly erudite, arch, or simply commonsensical, and that intensify the part played by art in our lives and the life of art itself.
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      • content: [Salle] writes about art that he admires with passion and a discerning eye.... [I]lluminating.
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      • source: Carl Swanson;New York Magazine
      • content: A trenchant and light-on-its-feet collection of critical essays... about art, artists, fame, and, if you read it closely enough, what it's like to have been David Salle for all these years.
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      • source: Tirdad Derakhshani;Philadelphia Inquirer
      • content: A remarkable painter whose writing is as fresh, vital, and startling as his canvases, Salle... talks about artists and their work in witty, jargon-free, and eminently accessible prose.
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      • content: How to See is an exhilarating and cathartic experience[,]... an offering of passion and generosity, and a pulsing invitation to the reader to find the same in the act of seeing.
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      • source: Rachel Corbett;Vulture
      • content: [A] rare mix of eminently readable art criticism and close scrutiny of process and technique. His admiring descriptions... [allow] the reader to momentarily inhabit the consciousness of an artist and to rediscover painting through his eyes.
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        August 1, 2016
        In these wide-ranging essays, painter Salle’s stated goal is to write about art “in the language that artists use when they talk among themselves.” Rather than a manifesto about art or a practical guide, he presents a collection of 33 short essays on artists and topics as different as John Baldessari’s 2014 Movie Script series and the evolving sensibility of Dadaist Francis Picabia’s paintings. Many of the artists Salle covers are his friends, and he writes about Alex Katz and Jeff Koons the way a collaborator shares his notes with other artists. He explains the career arc of painter Christopher Wool and the themes of Robert Gober’s sculptures with precision and acuity. His writing is full of memorable lines, such as “Most painting is a conversation between continuity and novelty.” Salle’s personal familiarity with the artists he discusses lends a special sort of credibility to his critical assessments. By closely examining specific paintings and exhibitions that are meaningful to him, Salle shows readers what makes a particular work of art tick and what makes it interesting. Along the way, he reveals the origins of his own artistic inclinations and his beliefs about talent and imagination. Sharp insights and an affable tone make this collection equivalent to a hearty discussion with a mentor—recommended for anyone interested in visual arts. 30 color illus.

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        Seeing art through a painter's eyes. Salle is something of a Renaissance man. Known primarily as a painter, he has also done photography and set design, directed a film, and written essays. These concise pieces, many previously published in publications like Town & Country and Artforum, discuss mainly contemporary works of art, including film and ballet. It's art criticism, but it's also a breath of fresh air. There's no jargon here, just accessible, witty, smartly informative short takes about works Salle enjoys. When looking at art, he writes, "take a work's temperature, look at its surface energy." He asks: "What makes a work of art tick, what makes it good?" Surprising, quirky comparisons abound. The 15th-century painter Piero Della Francesca is the "Elia Kazan of staging." Alex Katz's paintings are recognizable even when falling out of a plane at 30,000 feet. Thomas Houseago's sculptures remind Salle of a scene in The Sopranos. Throughout, the author is honest and opinionated. When he first saw Roy Lichtenstein's Reflections series, he was baffled. Frank Stella's early works are "expansive, confident, and new as to be almost overwhelming." In the later work, we see a "great champion of the ring, a little wobbly of knee, finally hit the canvas." Of Oscar Murillo's paintings, Salle writes, "there is no way to bring them to life, because they never lived in the first place." Three essays are about John Baldessari, one of Salle's college professors, who spent his career putting words and pictures together, "testing their stickiness and elasticity, using one to unravel, or to gather up, the other." The German painter Albert Oehlen is a "terrific painter who flirts with disaster and gets away with it." Jeff Koons makes the "thingyness of modern life...coherent." His massive Flower Puppy, writes the author, is the "single greatest work of public sculpture made after Rodin that I've seen." Salle is the perfect art tour guide: literate, thoroughly entertaining, and insightful. COPYRIGHT(1) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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How does art work? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminates these questions by exploring the work of influential twentieth-century artists. Engaging with a wide range of Salle's friends and contemporaries—from painters to conceptual artists such as Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alex Katz, among others—How to See explores not only the multilayered personalities of the artists themselves but also the distinctive character of their oeuvres.

Salle writes with humor and verve, replacing the jargon of art theory with precise and...

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