Artist David Salle – ’Good Painting Has Immediate Impact’ | TateShots

’A good painting has immediate impact’, says American artist David Salle, ’but rewards a longer viewing time’. David Salle is an American painter, printmaker, and stage designer. From his New York studio, the artist talks about the combination of images that go into one of his multi-layered paintings. The artist also explains how his interest in ’exploring the body in space’ has led him to paint the bodies of his models and have them physically lifted onto his canvases to leave an imprint. Find out more