Contemporary Projects 9: Gajin Fujita and Pablo Vargas Lugo

< 2005

Museum exhibition

Contemporary Projects 9
Gajin Fujita and Pablo Vargas Lugo

Baby Doll, 2004 /
Platinum leaf, spraypaint, Mean Streak, paint marker on wood panel /
8 x 20 in. (diptych) /
Private collection

Chinita, 2005 /
platinum leaf, spraypraint, Mean Streak, paint marker on wood panel /
24 x 16 in. [61 x 40.6 cm] /
Private collection

Street Fight, 2005 /
24K gold leaf, spraypaint, Mean Streak, paint maker on wood panel /
Triptych Overall: 24 x 48 in. Each panel: 24 x 16 in. /
Private collection

Carp Boy, 2004 /
spraypaint, acrylic & white gold leaf on wood panel /
8 x 20 in. /
Private collection

Red Light District, 2005 /
gold and white gold leaf, paint marker, spray paint, acrylic, and Mean
Streak /
Twelve panels overall: 72 x 192 in. (182.9 x 487.7 cm) / Each: 72 x 16
in. (182.9 x 40.6 cm) /
Private collection

Ride or Die, 2005 /
gold and white gold leaf, paint marker, spray paint and Mean Streak /
Six Panels Overall: 83 x 126 in. [210.8 x 320 cm] / Each: 83 x 21 in.
[210.8 x 53.3 cm] /
Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas
City, MO

Study of Samurai from Shore Line Duel, 2005 /
Spraypaint, marker, and pencil on paper /
59 x 45 ½ in. (149.9 x 115.6 cm) /
Private collection

Warrior from Shore Line Duel (Study of), 2004 /
spraypaint, marker and pencil on paper /
45 x 43.5 in. (114.3 x 110.5 cm) /
Private collection

Study for Samurai Street Fight, 2005 /
Spraypaint, paint marker, and pencil on paper /
18 x 14 7/8 in. [45.7 x 37.7 cm] /
24 1/2 x 20 7/8 in. [62.2 x 52.9 cm] framed /
Private collection

Study of Green Samurai, /
from Street Fight, 2005 /
Spraypaint, paint marker, /
and pencil on paper /
27 x 12 3/4 in. (68.6 x 32.4 cm) /
33 x 18 1/4 in. (83.8 x 46.4 cm) framed

Pink Peony, 2004 /
Pencil and spraypaint on paper /
8 1/2 x 11 in., 16 x 18 framed [21.6 x 27.9 cm., 40.6 x 45.7 cm framed] /
Private collection

Study of Samurai (Es Code), 2004 /
Sparypaint and pencil on colored bond paper /
8 ½ x 11 in. /
Private collection

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles, CA
27 Oct 2005 - 12 Feb 2006

artist profile

www.lacma.org

Selected article

Miles, Christopher. "Provocative, but two's a crowd. LACMA exhibit of Gajin Fujita and Pablo Vargas Lugo is sharp but claustrophobic." Los Angeles Times, Calendar, 18 November 2005.
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