CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 2/12/2020

See Peter Saul at the New Museum, read 'Pop, Funk, Bad Painting and More'

"Little Joe in Hanoi" (1968) is reproduced from Peter Saul: Pop, Funk, Bad Painting and More, recommended reading for anyone who can't get enough of Peter Saul: Crime and Punishment, on view at the New Museum through May 31. "Concerning 'art,'" Saul writes, "it still makes me laugh that anyone ever believed in any idea of it. I actually have always considered all hand-painted pictures about equal. If there’s a difference between them, it’s that some are carried through more confidently than others. It’s just so-called 'intelligent and educated' opinion that separates the good from the bad. And I hope I’m still bad, at least most of the time, because it’s more unusual and fun to look at."