Dimensions: displayed: 2142 x 2910 mm
Copyright: © David Salle/VAGA, New York/DACS, London 2014 | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: David Salle's large-scale work, "Satori Three Inches within Your Heart," is quite striking. What's your immediate take? Editor: Disorienting, definitely. The layers, the abrupt shifts in imagery... it feels like flicking through channels, trying to make sense of disconnected narratives. Curator: It’s very characteristic of Salle's work, this layering of images, almost like a collage. A kind of visual free-association. How do you think the materials contribute to this effect? Editor: Well, the contrast between the densely painted upper register and the starker, almost monochrome images below creates a real tension. It's a conversation about value, both artistic and monetary, isn’t it? Different modes of production colliding on one canvas. Curator: Absolutely. Salle often juxtaposes high and low imagery, challenging our perceptions of value. There's a dreamlike quality, isn't there? Almost unsettling. Editor: Yes, and it's that disquieting feeling, achieved through the manipulation of materials and the combination of found imagery, that really grabs me. It makes you question everything. Curator: It's a lot to take in, but hopefully, we've offered a little insight into this complex and intriguing painting. Editor: I think so, yes. It's a work that definitely rewards a closer look.
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In his work, Salle highlights the range and availability of images encountered in a technological, mass media age. He demonstrates that whilst we are bombarded with information, its meaning or significance is often lost. Like many of his paintings, this work includes direct quotations from works of art. It is his use of images from pornographic publications, however, that has been most provocative. Salle has explained that 'the point about the poses in my work is that they are the body in extremes Äoften seen from strange points of view and spatial organization. It has more to do with abstract choreography and angles of vision than with pornographic narrative'. 'Satori' is a Japanese term meaning 'sudden enlightenment'. Gallery label, September 2004