Instagram Part 3

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Following the earlier post on a first experiment, I conducted a second experiment. In the spirit of the week, I decided to promote TWO images on Instagram, simultaneously, with a ‘control’ image. I used three of my Landings work, as in the the header, above. As before, I set the promotion up as 3 days, at £7.50 a day maximum. …

David Salle

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So why should I be fascinated with David Salle’s work? On the one hand, his figurative, painterly (pictorial?) style was a welcome break from conceptual art and minimalism – although he often worked with monochrome fields. Whilst he was influenced by ‘Pop Art’, and in fact used photographs extensively in his work, Salle is not a story-teller. He was  interested in …