Over the past three decades, Joe Zucker has created a diverse body of work encompassing such subjects as American history, mythical figures, and domesticity, the full range of which is documented in this catalogue. The subjects of his paintings are steeped in the figures that shaped the development of what will become contemporary America. Mark Twain, Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Moby Dick, Joseph Smith, Cochise are the types of figures that enter into Zuckers vocabulary. Essay by John Yau.
