Leon Golub
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| - | :''see also [[transgressive art]]'' | + | '''Leon Golub''' ([[January 23]], [[1922]] - [[August 8]], [[2004]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[Painting|painter]]. He was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]], where he also studied, receiving his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] at the [[University of Chicago]] in [[1942]], his [[BFA]] and [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] in [[1949]] and [[1950]], respectively. |
| - | [[Theodore Gericault]]'s "[[The Raft of the Medusa|Raft of the Medusa]]" (1819), was a [[social commentary]] on a [[current event]], unprecedented at the time. [[Edouard Manet]]'s "[[The Luncheon on the Grass|Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe]]" (1863), was considered scandalous not because of the nude woman, but because she is seated next to fully-dressed men. [[John Singer Sargent]]'s "[[Portrait of Madame X|Madame Pierre Gautreau (Madam X)]]" (1884), caused a huge uproar over the reddish pink used to color the woman's ear lobe, considered far too suggestive and supposedly ruining the high-society model's reputation. | + | |
| - | In the twentieth century, [[Pablo Picasso]]'s ''[[Guernica (painting)|Guernica]]'' (1937) used arresting [[cubism|cubist]] techniques and stark monochromatic oils, to depict the harrowing consequences of a contemporary bombing of a small, ancient Basque town. [[Leon Golub]]'s ''[[Interrogation III]]'' (1981), depicts a female nude, hooded detainee strapped to a chair, her legs open to reveal her sexual organs, surrounded by two tormentors dressed in everyday clothing. [[Andres Serrano]]'s ''[[Piss Christ]]'' (1989) is a photograph of a crucifix, sacred to the Christian religion and representing [[Jesus Christ|Christ]]'s sacrifice and final suffering, submerged in a glass of the artist's own urine. The resulting uproar led to comments in the United States Senate about public funding of the arts. | + | He was married to and collaborated with the artist [[Nancy Spero]]. His son, [[Stephen Golub]], is an economics professor at [[Swarthmore College]] |
| - | In the twenty-first century, [[Eric Fischl]] created ''Tumbling Woman'' as a memorial to those who jumped or fell to their death in the attacks on the [[World Trade Center]] on [[September 11, 2001]]. Initially installed at [[Rockefeller Center]] in New York City, within a year the work was removed as too disturbing. | ||
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Leon Golub (January 23, 1922 - August 8, 2004) was an American painter. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he also studied, receiving his BA at the University of Chicago in 1942, his BFA and MFA at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1949 and 1950, respectively.
He was married to and collaborated with the artist Nancy Spero. His son, Stephen Golub, is an economics professor at Swarthmore College
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