David Salle's "Pointing Up" combines oil and acrylic on canvas to create a layered composition characteristic of his postmodern approach, which often juxtaposes fragmented imagery and gestural abstraction. The work, presented in the artist's own frame, reflects Salle's engagement with appropriation and pastiche, merging figuration with expressive mark making. The title's directive gesture suggests themes of aspiration or attention while maintaining the visual ambiguity that defines much of his practice.