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Public Reception
October 26, 2013
Exhibition Dates
October 26, 2013 - November 23, 2013
Ravi Zupa
Indra, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0033
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Like Lambs Wool, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
24 x 48 in. (60.96 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0023
$3,300
Ravi Zupa
Loneliness, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0020
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Love From The Bottom To The Top, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0013
$4,800
Ravi Zupa
Love Thy Butcher, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0028
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Ox, 2013
Ink, paper, and screen print on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0005
$2,000
Ravi Zupa
Childhood, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
24 x 48 in. (60.96 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0022
$3,300
Ravi Zupa
Deer And Monkey, 2013
Ink, paper, and screen print on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0004
$2,000
Ravi Zupa
Devi, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
24 x 48 in. (60.96 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0026
$3,300
Ravi Zupa
I Got Pig Iron, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0032
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Yamantaka, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
54 x 54 in. (137.16 x 137.16 cm)
ZUP-0015
$6,400
Ravi Zupa
That Good Night, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0017
$4,800
Ravi Zupa
The Dying, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0031
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
The Promise, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0030
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Tiger, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0027
$2,000
Ravi Zupa
Triumph, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0019
$4,800
Ravi Zupa
Turn Like A Wheel Inside A Wheel, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0035
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Warthog, 2013
Ink, paper, and screen print on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0006
$2,000
Ravi Zupa
Power And Struggle, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
108 x 54 in. (274.32 x 137.16 cm)
ZUP-0011
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Sow, Reap, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0021
$4,800
Ravi Zupa
Izyurfiminifaflanya-n-m, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0016
NFS
Ravi Zupa
Act 3, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0014
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Adulthood, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
24 x 48 in. (60.96 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0025
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Angry, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0036
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Baboon, 2013
Ink, paper, and screen print on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0010
$2,000
Ravi Zupa
Being But Men, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0029
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Big Horn Sheep, 2013
Ink, paper, and screen print on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0009
$2,000
Ravi Zupa
Cheetah, 2013
Ink, paper, and screen print on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0001
$2,000
Ravi Zupa
Rhinoceros, 2013
Ink, paper, and screen print on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0008
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Sheep, 2013
Ink, paper, and screen print on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0003
$2,000
Ravi Zupa
La Santa Muerte, 2013
Lithograph on found traffic cone
NFS
Ravi Zupa
Peak Oil, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0018
$4,800
Ravi Zupa
Power And Struggle, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
108 x 54 in. (274.32 x 137.16 cm)
ZUP-0011
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Feel, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
24 x 48 in. (60.96 x 121.92 cm)
ZUP-0024
$3,300
Ravi Zupa
Fox, 2013
Ink, paper, and screen print on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0007
$2,000
Ravi Zupa
Gorilla, 2013
Ink, paper, and screen print on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0002
SOLD
Ravi Zupa
Hustle Hard, 2013
Acrylic, pencil, watercolor, india ink, color ink, oil pastel, block print, silk screen, and found paper on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)
ZUP-0034
$2,000
RAVI ZUPA: HARD DREAM
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 26 • 8 – 11 PM
Exhibition Dates: October 26 – November 23
SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS is proud to present new work by Denver based artist Ravi Zupa. Hard Dream is Zupa’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles and is a testament to where he comes from, where his mind has traveled, and the extent of his innate artistic eye and capabilities.
Zupa’s paintings layer imagery referencing a variety of cultural symbols and styles such as traditional renaissance painting, Japanese wood block prints, North American sign painting, tyrannical propaganda, and religious iconography. The manner in which Zupa blurs one cultural reference into another and collages canvas, paint, ink, pencil and prints provides a balance between the past and present, creation and defacement, man versus machine, and dreams versus realities.
We’re certainly in a hard place and the realities that we find ourselves in force us to dream hard dreams. But with hard dreams comes deep freedom. – Ravi Zupa, 2013
A second, more playful series in Hard Dream depicts a selection of tasks one can perform with opposable thumbs. Animal characters, some of which have appeared in Zupa’s earlier works, are portrayed engaging in human activities that specifically involve weapons, hunting, exploration, and sport. However, the only human characteristic of these figures is the opposable thumb. Is Zupa providing a witty commentary on human behavior and practice versus what we are actually capable of accomplishing in the world?
In an age of over stimulation and exposure to anything and everything from the past present and future, Zupa’s paintings speak to the idea that meaning is created through how we combine and structure what we see, feel, know, and learn. In this way we are able to dream up something more beautiful, more dynamic, that is greater than just the sum of its parts.
Zupa’s art education started with his family and continued on at his local library. He is in his mid-thirties and is based in Colorado. He has had solo exhibitions in London, Copenhagen, Denver, San Francisco, and Mexico City.
Hard Dream will open to the public on Saturday, October 26 with the artist in attendance and will be on view through November 23. SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS will be releasing a limited edition artist print in conjunction with the exhibition.
About the Gallery:
SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS is a multifunctional gallery space promoting diverse forms of art while providing a forum for contemporary dialogue. It was established by Shepard Fairey and Blaze Blouin in 1995 and played an integral part in introducing skateboarding culture and design to the art world. The scope of the gallery remains true to its roots while embracing new forms of graphic art, illustration, photography and time-based media. Now located in the historic Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park, SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS continues to offer a platform for artistic exploration and innovation.
Media Contact:
Erica Overskei (Erica@subliminalprojects.com)