Peter Saul: “Crime and Punishment” at the New Museum, New York, NY

Mario Naves | Too Much Art | 1st December 2020

Saul’s early works anticipated later trends in the art world. His crisp graphics are technically impressive. Yet he remains at the art world periphery, a consequence of his acrid focus on violence and mayhem. “The unrelenting nature of Saul’s vision … is, over the long haul, dulling. His [anti-authoritarian] commentaries … retain their vigour [but] the rest is one man’s unrelenting misanthropy—pre-digested, prettified, and taxidermied to perfection.”