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Ever since the days of Gauguin's Who are we? What are we doing? Where are we going? artists have tried to address directly through their medium the essential questions of life, both individual and social. This week I chose to feature Michael Salerno, a contemporary artist who studied at Clarememont College, and who is having an exhibition at Coagula:Michael Salerno Artist who did graduate work at Claremont College. The artist's statement, edited by David Rubin, Curator of 20th Century Art at the Phoenix Art Museum, includes the following statement.Who: Michael Salerno
What: Solo exhibition entitled The Superior Paintings
When: January 11-February 8, 2003. Reception: Saturday, Jan 11, 7-11 pm
Where: Coagula Gallery, 2100 N Main St, #A8, LA, CA 90031 (323) 223-6089
"Although he shares with Motherwell the acceptance of intervention of conscious decision-during a work's evolution, Salerno is far more interested in iconography than in form. Motherwell's goals were decidedly modernist, with the principal motivation being to discover new abstract configuration. Salerno, on the other hand, embraces a diverse iconographic lexicon which assigns equal value to abstract and figurative elements."