RUBEN ESPARZA
Ruben Esparza has been included as part of a group of California artists that explore the new genre of "Conceptual Pop". A subtle, complex and ultimately elusive extraction of 1960's Warholianism with elements of Op, Finish Fetish and Conceptualism, compounded into waggishly contrived visual puns which takes swipes at art history, mass communication and media moronity while posing serious questions of epistemology and seismology.
PAINTINGS
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Hieroglyphics Study, 1991, 10X14" Acrylic on board |
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Slick Multiples, 1993, 36X42" Acrylic on unstretched canvas |
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Dream of Velasquez with Target and Duck, 1994, 48X54" Acrylic and graphite on canvas |
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Small Dream of Velasquez with Devil Duck and Pope Hat, 1994, 10x12" Acrylic and graphite on panel |
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Last Stage of Death, 1995, 34X27" Mixed Media |
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Cuadro Frances, 1995, 36X36" Acrylic on canvas |
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Mascot Logos and Trademarks, 1994-1997, 24X24" ea., assembled 96X72" Mixed Media |
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Hype/Yumi, 1997, 24X24" ea. (diptych) Acrylic on canvas |
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Sin/Pecado, 1998 24X24 ea. (diptych) Acrylic on canvas |
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Art/Damage, 1998-1999 24X24" ea. (diptych) Acrylic on canvas |
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Myth, 1998, 24X24" Acrylic on canvas |
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Slice Top n' Go!/Speedy, 1997-2000, 24X24" ea. (diptych) Acrylic on canvas |
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Butt Rich/Amytiville Milk Honey, 1999, 24X24" ea. (diptych) Acrylic on canvas |
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Hyper/Rich, 1999, 12X12" ea. (diptych)Acrylic on canvas |
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Pleasure/Lift, 1999, 24X24" ea. (diptych) Acrylic on canvas |
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Double Damage, 2000, 30X24" Acrylic on canvas |
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Phew/Komet, 1999, 24X24" ea. (diptych) Acrylic on canvas |
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Mi Rancho #1, 2001, 12X10" Acrylic on canvas |
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Mi Rancho #2, 2001, 14X11" Acrylic on canvas |
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Mi Rancho #3, 2001, 14X11" Acrylic on canvas |
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Mi Rancho #4, 2001, 12X10" Acrylic on canvas |
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Socrates with Balls, Plato with Balls, Aristotle with Balls, 2002, 54X54" ea. (triptych) Acrylic on canvas |
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Placer R&J Composition, 2002, 96X30" Acrylic on canvas |
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Placer de Naranjas, 2002, 60X48" Acrylic on canvas |
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Placer Landscape, 2002, 24X30" Acrylic on canvas |
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Placer Heli, 2002, 24X24" Acrylic on canvas |
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Mi Rancho 3, 2001, 26X20" Monoprint |
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Mi Rancho Invisible, 2001, 26X20" Monoprint |
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Mythote 2, 2001, 26X20" Monoprint |
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Riot, 2001, 26X20" Monoprint |
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Invisible Y-1, 2001, 26X20" Monoprint |
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Hyper/Myth, 2001 26X20" Silkscreen |
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No Show, 1994 Performance |
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Blue Masturbator, 1995 Performance |
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Blood Drive, 1996 Performance |
For more information or to purchase prints, contact Ruben Esparza:
tel:310.652.0455 fax:323.333.5449 e-mail:ruben@rubenesparza.com