< 2006
Museum exhibition
Zephyr
Paintings by Gajin Fujita
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / Photo: Elizabeth East
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Installation photography, Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / / © Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; photography: Bruce Mathews
Gajin Fujita / Dragon's Lair, 1999 / spray paint, acrylic, gold leaf on wood panel / 48 x 18 in. (121.9 x 45.7 cm) / Collection of Creative Artists Agency, / Beverly Hills, CA
Gajin Fujita / Oasis, 1999 / spray paint, acrylic, gold leaf on wood panel / 18 x 48 in. (45.7 x 121.9 cm) / Collection of Scott R. Coleman, New York, NY
Gajin Fujita / Shoki, 1999 / spray paint, acrylic, silver leaf on wood panel / 48 x 18 in. (121.9 x 45.7 cm) / Collection of Scott R. Coleman, New York, NY
Gajin Fujita / Purple Haze, 2000 / spraypaint, acrylic, gold leaf on wood panel / 8 x 20 in. (20.3 x 50.8 cm) / Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Gajin Fujita / Divine Wind, 2001 / spray paint, acrylic, gold and silver leaf on wood panel / 48 x 128 in. (121.9 x 325.1 cm) (eight panels) / Collection of Julie and John Thornton, Austin, TX
Gajin Fujita / Bangin', 2002 / spray paint, acrylic & gold leaf on wood panels / 8 x 20 in. (diptych) [20.3 x 50.8 cm. (diptych)] / Collection of Margery and Maurice Katz, Los Angeles, CA
Gajin Fujita / Dream, 2002 / spray paint, acrylic & gold leaf on wood panels / 48 x 96 in (121.9 x 243.8 cm) / Private collection
Gajin Fujita / Gold State Warriors, 2002 / spray paint, acrylic & gold and white gold leaf on twelve wood panels / 60 x 192 in (152.4 x 487.7 cm) / Private collection
Gajin Fujita / Study for KIIS Crew Hyde, 2002-03 / spraypaint, acrylic & pencil on paper / 35 x 23 in [88.9 x 58.4 cm] / Collection of Baryy and Penny Platnick, / Broomfield, CO
Gajin Fujita / K2S Crew, 2002 / Spray paint, acrylic, gold and white gold leaf on six wood panels / 60 x 16 inches each/60 x 96 inches overall (152.4 x 40.6 cm. each/152.4 x 243.8 cm) (overall) / Collection of the Ulrich Museum of Art, Witchita, Kansas
Gajin Fujita / Swell, 2002 / spray paint, acrylic, white gold leaf on wood panel / 48 x 96 in. overall (6 panels) / Collection of Lois and Richard Neiter, Sherman Oaks, CA
Gajin Fujita / Trance, 2002 / spraypaint, acrylic & white gold leaf on wood panel / 8 x 20 in (20.3 x 50.8 cm) diptych / Private collection
Gajin Fujita / Area 213, 2003 / spray paint, acrylic, gold and white gold leaf on wood panels / 48 x 96 in. [121.9 x 243.8 cm] (six panels) / Collection of Alan Grumet and Sonia Lee, New York, NY
Gajin Fujita / East Side Los Angeles, 2003 / acrylic, spraypaint, gold & white / gold leaf on wood panels / 60 x 16 in. each panel/60 x 96 in. overall / (152.4 x 40.6 cm/152.4 x 243.8 cm) / Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Gajin Fujita / Knockin’ Boots, 2003 / acrylic, spraypaint, gold & white gold leaf on wood panel / 16 x 48 in. (40.6 x 121.9 cm) / Collection of Jean Smith and Rodnie Nelson
Gajin Fujita / Motley Crue, 2003 / spray paint, acrylic, gold and white gold leaf on wood panels / 60 x 95 in (152.4 x 241.3 cm)(six panels) / Collection of Alejandro Moreno, Princeton, NJ
Gajin Fujita / West Dragon, 2003 / spray paint, acrylic, gold leaf on wood panel / 16 x 48 in (40.6 x 121.9 cm) / Private Collection, Beverly Hills, CA
Gajin Fujita / Beast, 2004 / acrylic, spraypaint, Mean Streak paint stick, gold leaf and white gold leaf on wood panel / 8 x 20 in (20.3 x 50.8 cm) diptych / The Collection of Douglas S. Kramer
Gajin Fujita / L.A. Basin, 2004 / Spray paint, white gold leaf, yellow gold leaf, paint marker and Mean Streak on wood / 16 x 48 in (40.6 x 121.9 cm) / Private collection
Gajin Fujita / L.A. Dragon, 2004 / spraypaint, acrylic, & platinum leaf on wood panel / 24 in tondo (60.9 cm tondo) / 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 /
Gajin Fujita / Shore Line Duel, 2004 / gold and white gold leaf, acrylic, spray paint and Mean Streak on wood panels / 60 x 95 1/8 in (152.4 x 241.6 cm) (six panels) / Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan
Gajin Fujita / Chinita, 2005 / platinum leaf, spraypraint, Mean Streak, paint marker on wood panel / 24 x 16 in (61 x 40.6 cm) / Private collection
Gajin Fujita / 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
Gajin Fujita / Study of Red Light (Girl #5), 2005 / spraypaint, paint marker & pencil on paper / 44 x 34 in. (111.8 x 86.4 cm) / Private Collection, Long Beach, CA
Gajin Fujita / 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
Gajin Fujita / Street Fight, 2005 / 24K gold leaf, spraypaint, Mean Streak, paint maker on wood panel / Triptych Overall: 24 x 48 in (60.9 x 121.9 cm) / Each panel: 24 x 16 in (60.9 x 40.6 cm) / Private collection
Gajin Fujita / Study of Clash of the Titans, 2006 / spraypaint and graphite on paper / 46 x 35 1/2 in (116.8 x 90.2 cm) (sheet) / Collection of Krishna Garvey and Mark Neiter, Los Angeles
Gajin Fujita / Clash of the Titans, 2002 - 2006 / gold and white gold leaf, spraypaint, acrylic, Mean Streak and paint marker on panel / 12 Panels / Each Panel: 48 x 16 in. (121.9 x 40.6 cm) Overall: 48 x 192 in. (121.9 x 487.7 cm) / Private collection
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kansas City, Missouri
8 Sep - 5 Nov 2006
kemperart.org
artist profile

SELECTED ARTICLE

Thorson, Alice. "L.A. Artist’s Grown-up Graffiti." Kansas City Star, 27 August 2006
full article, PDF


CATALOGUE

Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita
A 96-page, hardbound, full-color catalogue has been published by the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art on the occasion of this exhibition.

The publication includes a foreword by Kemper Museum Director Rachael Blackburn Cozad, and essays by Elizabeth Dunbar,  curator of the Kemper Museum; Dave Hickey, professor of English and creative writing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Franklin Sirmans, a New York-based writer, curator, and curatorial advisor for P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; and Jason Steuber, the Leverhulme Trust Visiting Fellow at Glasgow University in the History of Art Department and former assistant curator of Asian art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.


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