White Squad
Leon GOLUB: artist
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Golub's White Squad series depicts policemen in scenes of government-sponsored abuse. In this lithograph he reiterates images from two related paintings, one White Squad III, and dramatically juxtaposing them on a stark background in a shocking vision of terror. The abrupt cropping of the arm in the upper right, and distortion of the looming head at the left, are typical of Golub's visually disjunctive compositional strategies. In addition, by turning the gaze of one of the abusers out of the picture frame, Golub implicates the viewer as a bystander in the horrifying event unfolding and intensifies the unsettling psychological impact of his composition.
Title
White Squad
Artist/Maker and role
Leon GOLUB: artist
Date
1987
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
75.2 x 105.5cm
Credit line
Purchased 2001
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2001/0229