Leon Golub
American, 1922–2004
Interrogation II
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Leon Golub
American, 1922–20041981
Interrogation II
Leon Golub American, 1922–2004 →contemporarypaintingmodern and contemporary art
Date
1981
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
305 × 427 cm (120 × 168 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Society for Contemporary Art
A leading cultural and civil rights activist in the United States from the early 1960s until his death in 2004, Leon Golub consistently created works that addressed humanitarian issues. This piece belongs to a series of paintings that deals with human rights violations in Central America. By fixing the gaze of his grinning perpetrators directly on the viewer, Golub makes it difficult to look away. The artist thus compels viewers to examine their own relationship to the brutality depicted.
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