Peter Saul, an American painter, mostly prevalent around the 60's and 70's, draws influence from Pop Art and the expressionism movement. His inspirations include surrealist artists as well as comic books. His pieces are political and take current events into account. His bright colors mix puns, misspelled words, politics, the present and the past. His pieces are very colorful and crowded. They all have a lot going on which adds to the energy of the pieces. They are very energetic at least to me. Elizabeth Murray has said to have been inspired by his pieces.
His paintings have a sort of hip hop, underground, city feeling to me. They're not exactly what you would hang up in your business office in DC. I love the craziness of his work as well as the fact that his pieces have a message.
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