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Black Balloons | Shagwatch's Blog
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Shag unveils a darker and more personal side through a new and dynamic exhibit titled. A thought provoking show title that seems to challenge people to look at the passing seasons of their own lives and consider the inevitable black end we all must acknowledge. One of the most vibrant works, Black Balloons. Is a dark, yet festive creation with a tremendous amount of composition and depth, much like Shag’s previous take on Hieronymus Bosch’s. The Garden of Earthly Delights. October 5, 2009 at 8:37 pm.
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Black Drops | Shagwatch's Blog
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Is Shag’s contribution to the 2010 100. Fund-raising exhibit at the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, California. The work follows what seems to be a new format for his larger landscape paintings – a simple silhouette of rolling hills in the background, a continuous path from left to right, lifeless trees peppering the grayish landscape, and suggestive meaning through the people he paints paired with the symbolic animals that are so often painted throughout. The mystery of the work, though, is in th...
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Donna con Bambino | Shagwatch's Blog
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In Donna con Bambino. Shag brings us into domestic, yet lavish homes of women and their pet pigs, monkeys, armadillos and skunks, lounging about, cool, yet aloof to the unfolding tragedies airing live on their television sets. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Birds and the Beasts.
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Animal Kingdom | Shagwatch's Blog
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With nearly 50 solo exhibits spanning two decades, Shag returns with his 49th solo exhibition, Animal Kingdom. At Corey Helford Gallery. In Los Angeles. The show is a striking contrast from his last exhibit there, Autumn’s Come Undone. Which was also his first at CHG. As with most Shag paintings, there’s some sort of story unfolding, but until now, Shag has never given any hint to what’s actually happening. However, prior to the images being posted, he secretly placed hidden links on his website to d...
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Departure Idlewild, Stopover Borneo, Arrival Ape City | Shagwatch's Blog
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Departure Idlewild, Stopover Borneo, Arrival Ape City. In 1999, Shag held Dial H for Hipster. His second solo exhibition featuring 22 new original works, including one of his all-time most popular works,. Departure Idlewild, Stopover Borneo, Arrival Ape City. His first of many solo exhibits to come to Australia, has been one of his most diverse exhibits. His large centerpiece,. Teal) features Borneo resident tiki gods, briefcases and witchdoctor staffs in hand, descending the stairs from the center of th...
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Ennis House | Shagwatch's Blog
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One of Josh Agle’s defining qualities has been to capture architectural features in his paintings. Mid-century architecture has long been a favorite of Shag’s and recently has become the foundation in many of his newer works. Traditionally, though, Shag has captured distinct architectural character through the creation of silhouettes of famous landmarks and city skylines, like Paris from Blue Scooter. London from Three Crows. And San Francisco in The Impossible View. May 23, 2009 at 4:29 am. The thought ...
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Autumn’s Come Undone | Shagwatch's Blog
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Autumn’s Come Undone. Shag’s portrayal of hedonistic consumerism and consumption has been sharply transformed to a surreal and unexpected new level, where geisha girls play guitars in oversized bird cages, and vintage hot air balloons float over dream-like dimensional plains, reminiscent of the late 19. Century Industrial Age ala Salvador Dali. Solo exhibition and his 12. Shag has abandoned much of his familiar imagery to explore more personal themes, with darker subject matter and colors, replacing the ...
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Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary | Shagwatch's Blog
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Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary. 8220;When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls, whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still, that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight.”. It’s no wonder Disney selected Shag as the artist to commemorate the Haunted Mansion anniversary. In 2001, Shag created. To celebrate the 40. Anniversary of the Enchanted Tiki Room, and more recently recreating the.
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Birds and the Beasts | Shagwatch's Blog
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Birds and the Beasts. Shag returns to Australia for his fifth exhibit, this time featuring hip birds and Australian architecture. The Birds and the Beasts. Consists of 32 original paintings in three different exhibits, fifteen of which are 8 10 inches and under $3000. The show additionally features one of his largest and most expensive paintings, Kookaburra’s Roost. Measuring 26 72 , which sold for $28,000. The Birds and the Beasts. One of my favorite paintings from the show is Dickie Bird. Shag has take...
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Ambergris | Shagwatch's Blog
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Is Shag’s 48th solo exhibit and his third at Jonathan LeVine Gallery. In New York. It is the first in nearly two years to exhibit elements of what many fans describe as classic Shag. Was actually displayed earlier this year as part of a group show in California. You can read that review here. The show’s title, Ambergris. Continuing with the more recent trend of incorporating larger storyboard-like digital works on canvas into his exhibits, Shag has created The Lighthouse. With the return of lounging wome...
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