31st Anniversary Drawing Show
Exhibition: December 1-31
Reception: Fri. Dec. 1, 8-11 PM
2017 is our 31st year of continuous, monthly exhibitions.
Think about that: La Luz de Jesus Gallery is 31 years old!
Some of the artists in this show weren’t even born yet when Billy Shire decided to clear out the storage apartment at the corner of Melrose and Martel, upstairs from his flagship Soap Plant shop with marked purpose. His vision: to showcase the incredible, ethnic folk art he brought back from Mexico, Guatemala, and museum quality pieces from Asia and elsewhere alongside that of his talented friends–people who were finding a hard time being taken seriously by the art establishment of the era in spite of their technical prowess. His experiment has spawned a legacy. The renewed interest in illustration art resultant from his gallery’s success influenced the zeitgeist, and launched industries. The lowbrow movement of California Art (which in turn informed the Pop Surrealists that followed) influenced fashion, television, film and culture. The rest, as they say, is history.
The 31st Anniversary Drawing Show is an invitational event that traces the history of Post-Pop in its birthplace.
We chose from the best illustrators featured in the 31 year history of La Luz de Jesus to create a new, original drawing for this show, allowing us to trace a line all the way from Robert Williams to Annie Owens.
Since this is a drawing show, the work will be graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, ink or ballpoint pen, watercolor and/or gouache on paper. Whatever the preferred technique, the dominant medium of expression will classify the work as a drawing.
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Robert Williams – Sketch for The Unicycle Rider (2003)
graphite on paper, 14.25×23 in 23×31 frame $5000
Provenance: Shafrazi Gallery
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Nathan Anderson – Rachael
color pencil on paper, 11×14″ plus frame, $900
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Ana Bagayan – Camille, Friend of Aliens
graphite on archival paper, 14×11″ plus frame, $1100 Sold
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Paul Barnes – Boy
charcoal, gouache and colored pencil on card, 7×9″ plus frame, $500
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Vicki Berndt – Sister Sharon
colored pencil on cotton vellum, 11×14″ plus frame, $500
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Andrew Brandou – Mano Oscura
black and white ink on toned archival paper, 16×20″ in frame $1000
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Katherine Brannock – Clandestine Caresses
bronze & oil based ink, watercolor on paper, 9×12″ $700
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Mark Bodnar – Discovery
pastel on paper, 17×17″ plus frame, $600
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Steven Daily – Ascend
graphite on moleskine paper 24×9″ in 31.25×15.25″ frame. $888
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Jason D’Aquino – Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
graphite drawing on found antique surface, 18×46″ $2222
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Dave Dexter – Great White Flight
graphite, watercolor, acrylic, archival paper, 16×20″ plus frame, $650
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Jorge Dos Diablos – The Thorns Will Keep Us Together
graphite on paper, 6.5×6.5″ $250 Sold
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Daniel Martin Diaz – Blessed Virgin
graphite on cotton paper, 8.5×11″ plus frame $1500
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Bruce Eichelberger – Comen Santos Cagan Diablos
ink wash on board, 12×16″ in 16×20″ custom carved frame $2000 Sold
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Frau Sakra – O Lud!
graphite on paper, 9×12″ $100 Sold
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Damian Fulton – Found
ink on paper, 16×20″ $750
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Mark Gleason – Ape
charcoal, india ink & gesso, 16×20″ plus frame $800 Sold
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Derek Harrison – Fluid
charcoal on paper, 12×20″ plus frame $2500
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Scott Holloway – Saint Lucy
pencil on paper, 11×14″ plus frame $350
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Karen Hydendahl – Jeanne
screen Inks and pastels on cradled panel, 14×14″ $450 Sold
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Stephanie Inagaki – Sacred Heart Raven
charcoal and watercolor on paper, 8×6″ in 11×9″ frame, $500 Sold
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Mariam Keurjikian – Where Is Grace
graphite on moleskine, 16×10.6″ plus frame, $500
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Yumiko Kayukawa – Orochi
sumi ink on paper mounted on wood board, 9×12″ plus frame, $1400 Sold
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Zoe Lacchei – Rangda Girl
graphite, pantone markers, white tempera on recycled paper, 8×12″ in 12×16″ frame, $2200
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Craig LaRotonda – The Vanishing
graphite on arches paper, 11×14″ $900
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Tracy Lewis – The Caretaker
graphite, pastel pencil on toned paper, 8×10″ in 12×15″ frame, $300
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Justine Lin – Lost in Nostalgia
graphite and gouache on toned paper, 9×12″ $300 Sold
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Lizz Lopez – Mano Oscura
graphite on moleskine, 12×16.5″ plus frame $800
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Danni Shinya Luo – Solstice
pencil, red pencil, white acrylic on paper, 11×16.5″ $550 Sold
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Hudson Marquez – 5 Jackies and One Bunny
watercolor & ink on bristol board, 17×22″ $200
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Chris Mars – Billy Day
graphite on archival baxter board, 4×5.75″ in 7.625×9.625″ frame Sold
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Patrick McGrath Muñiz – Holy Combos
ink & watercolor on paper, 14×17″ $900
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Michael Murphy – Concept No. 1
graphite on paper, 16×20″ framed $1000
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Michael Murphy – Concept No. 2
graphite on paper, 16×20″ framed $1000
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Junko Mizuno – Stairs
ink & acrylic on paper, 8×10″ in 8.5×11.5″ plus frame, $1000
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Chris B. Murray – Sarah
ink, graphite, colored pencil, marker, gouache, 10.5×13.25″ plus frame, $1100
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Mayuko Nakamura – Sirahadori
graphite and charcoal on cardstock, 5×7″ plus frame, $200
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Annie Owens – She’s Just Like… So Weird
graphite on paper, 20×13.5″ plus frame, $1200
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Rob Reger / Emily the Strange – Rude Descending the Staircase
graphite on paper, 6×9.75″ in 11×14″ frame. $395
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Van Saro – The Ghost I Used to Be
charcoal on illustration board, 20×12.5″ plus frame, $1200 Sold
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Christopher Ulrich – Heraldry
graphite on archival baxter board, 8×10″ in 13.5×16.5 frame $900
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Mel Weiner – Billington
charcoal on paper, 19×24′ in 23×29″ frame $700 Sold
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Jasmine Worth – Unbroken
mixed painted media on card stock, 2.5×3″ in 6×6.5″ frame $200
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Daphne Yap – The Guardian
graphite & jellyroll pen on gesso board, 16×20″ plus frame, $1800
The last time we embarked on something this ambitious was for our 25th anniversary book project back in 2011. The last six years have been particularly fertile and we expect this show will close out the year on an exceptionally high note. We’ll be adding to this preview as we receive all the images–right up to opening night!
We’re also including some select drawings from prior shows and treasures from a few private collections. These will be interspersed among the new drawings to create an anachronistic travelog of this gallery’s first three decades.
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- Joe Coleman – Final Days of Paul John Knowles (Page 7) 1988, Ink on paper 5 x 4.25 in. $3000
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- Joe Coleman – Final Days of Paul John Knowles (Page 9) 1988, Ink on paper $3000
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- Joe Coleman – Final Days of Paul John Knowles (Page 13) 1988 $3000
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Jim Blanchard – Kurt Cobain
India Ink & White Gouache on Bristol, 11×14 in. $1,500
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J.A.W. Cooper – Vapor, Drawing
Gouache, graphite, 8×12″ (14.75×19.25″ custom framed)
$650
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J.A.W. Cooper – Inseverable, Drawing
Gouache, graphite, 8×12″ (14.75×19.25″ custom framed)
$650
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Jessica Dalva – Hopes
Gouache, graphite ink & iridescent acrylic, 12×10″ in 18×14″ frame $450
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Renée French – Mummy Bunny
Graphite on vellum 3×3″ $600 Sold
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GEA* – Indigestion
color pencil, watercolor on grey toned paper, 11×14″ $800
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Lizz Lopez – Mother
Graphite on paper, 20×30″ $2,500
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Danni Shinya Luo – Dancers
red pencil, china marker, Copic markers, and acrylic 18×22 in., $950
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Nathan Ota- Egg No. 1 (from 2010’s An Unforeseen Homecoming)
pencil on Moleskin paper, 4.5×7.5″ $450
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Sean Stepanoff – Mort
Ink, zipatone on paper, 6.25×7.75″ in 9×11″ frame, $175
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Deirdre Sullivan-Beeman – Turtle Girl Drawing
Charcoal, graphite & chalk on Canson, 8×10″ in 9×11″ framed, $300
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- Esther Pearl Watson – Untitled (Unlovable) Graphite on paper, 10.5×8″ in 15.5×13″ frame $1,800
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Annie Owens – House in the Snow (Drawing Study)
Graphite on paper, 14×11″ in 21×17″ frame, $650
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info@laluzdejesus.com (323)666-7667
