Passing the Buck

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E. Salem Krieger
Passing the Buck
1981

About the Item

Very timely, interesting screenprint, pencil signed, titled and numbered by the artist. In addition to being a very clever representation of greed and corruption, the colors on this print are brilliant and create an almost abstract feeling of shapes and movement. Krieger studied cartooning at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, a school renowned for its illustrious alumni that included Walt Disney. Krieger also attended the Art Institute of Chicago and was influenced in the 1960's by the Hairy Who and W.C. Westermann. Westermann initiated the humorous use of colloquialisms and puns as titles. The amusing and gentle sarcasm in Krieger's can be further traced to Dada and Surrealism. Krieger takes familiar objects and suspends them in space reminding one of Magritte. But unlike Magritte's menacing and foreboding approach Krieger captures the surreality of easy humor. Krieger finds that his response to many assignments is touched off by what he terms a "keyword" from the art director. When the American Bar Association asked him to illustrate an article whose topic was described as "a plague of lawyers," Krieger produced a sky full of business-suited lawyers, appended with wings and legs and attaché cases, dropping in upon the unsuspecting city below. Krieger has a affinity for using multitudes of small things that range from musical dots, starry hearts, insects, to ice cream cones in space. His choice of objects adds to the feeling of fantasy and metamorphosis in his work. Krieger employs rich blacks and saturated areas of color. The effect is special and cosmic, provocative, entertaining and witty. Krieger finds the essence of a visual problem by approaching it from the simplest train of thought in association with the idea he wants to illustrate. He has appeared with a rich cross-section of publications, corporations and organizations, including Paper Moon Graphics, Dun and Bradstreet, American Telephone and Telegraph, the Mexican Government, the American Journal of Nursing, the Family Health Publications, Putnam Publications, Time-Life Publications, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, the American bar Association, Forbes Magazine, Cricket Children's Publications, New York Magazine, the Chicago magazine, and MacMillan Publications. Image size: 9 x 15.5 inches, sheet size: 14 x 20 inches

Creator:
E. Salem Krieger
Creation Year:
1981
Dimensions:
Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)
Medium:
Screen
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
1980-1989
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU51810015002