Question: Facts: - bgcolour: # 6495ed - training: california - bfa -lrb- 1973 -rrb- , mfa -lrb- 1975 -rrb- institute of the arts , valencia , california - caption: portrait of david salle by robert wright - field: painting sculpture , film , printmaking , set design , photography , - awards: guggenheim fellowship -lrb- 1986 -rrb- - birth date: 1952 - name: david salle - movement: contemporary art , postmodernism , neo-expressionism - nationality: us american - image: david_salle_portrait_by_robert_wright . jpg - birth place: norman , oklahoma Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david salle .
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david salle -lrb- born 1952 -rrb- is an american painter , printmaker , and stage designer who helped define postmodern sensibility .salle was born in norman , oklahoma .he earned a bfa and mfa from the california institute of the arts , valencia , california where he studied with john baldessari .salle 's work first came to public attention in new york in the early 1980s .