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From UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

  1. Untitled 08 by RC Wonderly, Image 2.

    RC Wonderly

    Untitled 08, 2013

    Double sided tape, powdered graphite, dry pigment, and Dura-Lar

  2. Kite A by Thomas Ray Willis, Image 1.

    Thomas Ray Willis

    Kite A, 2013

    Canvas, wood, acrylic gesso, string, metal staples

    24 x 24 x 0.5 in

  3. Stationary Front #4 by Branden Koch, Image 1.

    Branden Koch

    Stationary Front #4, 2011

    Ink, gouache, watercolor on paper

    8.5 x 5.5 in

  4. Poppy by Jeffry Mitchell, Image 1.

    Jeffry Mitchell

    Poppy, 2010

    Watercolor and graphite on paper

    28 x 26 in

  5. The Encounter by Carrie Jenkins, Image 2.

    Carrie Jenkins

    The Encounter, 2005

    Acrylic and Graphite on paper

    36.25 x 19 in

  6. Double Scoop by Angela Kallus, Image 2.

    Angela Kallus

    Double Scoop, 2005

    Acrylic on panel

    48.5 x 84.75 x 1.75 in

  7. Hoax (Three Times Lucky) by Yek, Image 1.

    Yek

    Hoax (Three Times Lucky), 2004

    Acrylic latex and enamel on panel

  8. No Title, No. 03.09 by David Hirschi, Image 2.

    David Hirschi

    No Title, No. 03.09, 2003

    Oil and wax on wood panel

    14.875 x 14.875 x 0.75 in

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About the artist

Mark Kostabi

American

b. 1960

Excerpt from Mark Kostabi's bio: "Artist and Composer Mark Kostabi was born in Los Angeles in 1960 to Estonian immigrants. Raised in Whittier, California, he studied drawing and painting at California State University, Fullerton. Kostabi moved to New York in 1982, and by 1984, emerged as a leading figure in the East Village art scene where he cultivated a provocative media persona by publishing self-interviews reflecting on the commodification of contemporary art. By 1987, his work was widely exhibited in New York galleries as well as prominently throughout the United States, Japan, Germany and Australia. He inspired extensive international press coverage in 1988 when he founded Kostabi World, his Manhattan art studio, which employs numerous painting assistants and idea people. Beginning in the early 1990s Kostabi's work has been widely exhibited throughout Italy. Kostabi established a second home in Rome in 1996. Dividing his time between Rome and New York enabled him to dramatically enhance his presence in the Italian art scene.

Kostabi produces a weekly cable TV show, The Kostabi Show, where noted art critics and celebrities compete to title his paintings for cash awards.

From 2000 to 2010 he wrote an advice column for artists, Ask Mark Kostabi, for Artnet.com.

Kostabi has designed album covers for Guns 'N' Roses (Use Your Illusion) and The Ramones (Adios Amigos), Jimmy Scott (Holding Back The Years), Seether (Holding Onto strings Better Left to Fray) and numerous products including a Swatch watch, a Bloomingdales bag, Alessi vases, Rosenthal espresso cups, and a Giro d'Italia pink jersey.

Kostabi is also known for his many collaborations with other artists including Enzo Cucchi, Arman, Howard Finster, Tadanori Yokoo, Enrico Baj and Paul Kostabi. Kostabi performs concerts internationally both as a soloist and with other musicians including Ornette Coleman, Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin, Tony Esposito, and Paul Kostabi. His compostions have also been performed independently by Rein Rannap, Kristjan Jarvi, Maano Manni, Delilah Gutman and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. His CDs include I Did It Steinway, Songs For Sumera and New Alliance.

Kostabi is the subject of numerous documentary films, most notably Bottom Line: The Kostabi Phenomenon directed by Peter Bach, Con Artist directed by Michael Sladek, and Jedermann directed by Paul Tschinkel. Kostabi has a prominent role in the Emmy award winning documentary The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale directed by Jeff Stimmel. "Full Circle: The Kostabi Story", directed by Sabrina Digregorio for Atena Films, has premiered at Anthology Films Archives in New York and and at Domus Talenti in Rome. "My Italy" directed by Bruno Colella, currently in production in Italy, is a docu-comedy starring Kostabi, H.H. Lim, Krzysztof Bednarski and Thorsten Kirchhoff: 4 non-Italian artists who chose to live in Italy. The famous art critic Achille Bonito Oliva has a prominent role as narrator/commentator in the film."

For more information about this artist, please click on the following link: Mark Kostabi.
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