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Golub, who always painted in a figural style, drew upon diverse representations of the body from ancient Greek and Roman sculpture, to photographs of athletic competitions, to gay pornography; often pulled directly from a huge database he assembled of …

Aug 8, 2004 · Leon Golub explores themes of struggle, conflict, and perverse power relations in powerful, large canvases.

Leon Golub; Combat, 1964 Leon Golub; The Heretic’s Fork, c. 1985 Leon Golub; Colossal Figure, 1961 Leon Golub; The Courtesans, c. 1950 Leon Golub; Head (I), 1958 ... Prints and drawing United States 1922–2004 More More options. Most Similar 21st Century ...

New York figurative painter Leon Golub creates large, confrontational paintings that address issues of aesthetics, politics and the media . From mercenaries and death squad police to hapless victims of political violence, Golub's larger-than-life-size figures engage us in their world.

Golub's White Squad series depicts policemen in scenes of government-sponsored abuse. In this lithograph he reiterates images from two related paintings, dramatically juxtaposing them on a stark background in a shocking vision of terror.

Much of Golub's art confronts social or political issues, such as his anti-Vietnam War paintings of the 1960s. In Orator II the speaker's harsh features portray the ugliness and threat of power, emphasized by the jabbing brushstrokes that define one arm, which is thrust across the page.

Artist: Leon Golub (American, Chicago, Illinois 1922–2004 New York) Printer: John Hutcheson. Printer: Kate Notman. Publisher: Rutgers University Art Department. Date: 1987. Medium: Color lithograph. Dimensions: Sheet: 29 3/4 × 41 7/8 in. (75.5 × 106.3 cm) Classification: Prints. Credit Line: John B. Turner Fund, 1988. Object Number: 1988.1156

Leon Golub believed that art must have an observable connection to real world events to have relevance for the viewer. Since the 1940’s, he created paintings that are psychological, emotive and deliberately up front – as topical today as when they were first made.