“A Painter of Raw Nerve”

LEON GOLUB

As an Artist

• Painted sculpturally• Method of

layering/taking away paint

• Meat Cleaver• Monster group• Connection to the

external world

Leon Golub. Portrait.1976.Photograph. 18 Nov 2014.

Gigantomachies

• No race or gender• Vietnam war

Napalm I and II

Leon Golub. Gigantomachy II, 1966. Acrylic on linen. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Hauser & Wirth. 28 Nov 2014.Leon Golub. Napalm I. 1969. Acrylic on linen. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Hauser & Wirth. 28 Nov 2014.

Portraits• Individualized• Political leaders

Leon Golub. Portrait of Nelson Rockefeller. 1976. Acrylic on canvas. New Museum. New Digital Archives Museum. 27 Nov 2014. Leon Golub. Fidel Castro II. 1977. Acrylic on linen. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. SFMOMA. 24 Nov 2014. Leon Golub. Mao Tse Tung in Sarcophagus I. 1978. Acrylic on canvas. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. MMoCA.20 Nov 2014.

Interrogations• Sheds light on harsh realities• Sadist and Victim• War is inspiring and

horrifying

Leon Golub. Interrogation. 1982. Acrylic on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago. Art Institute of Chicago. 15 Nov 2014.

Later Life

•Mortality, separation, loss•Inclusion of text and symbol

Leon Golub. Bite Your Tongue. 2001. Acrylic on linen. Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. Hauser & Wirth. 1 Dec 2014.

Work Cited• Leon Golub. Portrait.1976.Photograph. 18 Nov 2014. • Leon Golub. Gigantomachy II, 1966. Acrylic on linen. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Hauser & Wirth. 28 Nov 2014.• Leon Golub. Napalm I. 1969. Acrylic on linen. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Hauser & Wirth. 28 Nov 2014• Leon Golub. Portrait of Nelson Rockefeller. 1976. Acrylic on canvas. New Museum. New Digital Archives Museum. 27 Nov 2014. • Leon Golub. Fidel Castro II. 1977. Acrylic on linen. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. SFMOMA. 24 Nov 2014. • Leon Golub. Mao Tse Tung in Sarcophagus I. 1978. Acrylic on canvas. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. MMoCA.20 Nov 2014. • Leon Golub. Interrogation. 1982. Acrylic on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago. Art Institute of Chicago. 15 Nov 2014.• Leon Golub. Bite Your Tongue. 2001 Acrylic on linen. Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. Hauser & Wirth. 1 Dec 2014.