John Yau on Peter Saul

The question remains in the air, like a fart in a crowded bus: Why hasn't Saul's work gained the status it deserves? Why has it always been regarded as a special case? Is it too iconoclastic to be considered mainstream? Is it because the mainstream prefers the predigested, quick but anticipated shock rather than a prolonged engagement with something open-ended, irreducible, and other? One reason is capitalism—Saul's works can't be financed. Nor are they interchangeable products that can be...