Ravi Zupa 🇺🇸 New Print Release • Gallery Show News

[snoozy]

Sale closed.
Thanks all, have responded to pm's

[vei]

I'm looking to buy, please let me know if you're selling.

Thanks

[vei]

Anyone have any prints they're looking to offload.

[vei]

head over to the subliminal projects shop and look in prints 

[Ottomatik]

store.subliminalprojects.com/products/ravi-zupa-it-will-be-a-hard-day-2015

[sipps]

dang, I wanna pull the trigger on this but think I should practice self control until after the new year.

[vei]

Dec 9, 2015 21:11:07 GMT 1 sipps said:

dang, I wanna pull the trigger on this but think I should practice self control until after the new year.

I love this print it's got a definite Mad Max / Django Unchained feel to it. Been trying to post a pic but this is the only place I have difficulty.

[Ottomatik]

[vei]

Dang it!!!!!

[Liverpool ste123]

$50 for the print then $51.50 for postage to the UK kinda rules me out... Realise it's still a cheap print all in but it's the principle of when postage is taking the p***, then it's time to walk away

[Rochebm]

posterchildprints.com/products/mary-kali-ravi-zupa

[vei]

www.blackbookgallery.com/artists/ravi-zupa/?mc_cid=818e729eb3&mc_eid=f545a62747

[vei]

Sold out! Did anyone score on the drop?

[sipps]

I missed out unfortunately, love Ravi's work.

[Whitefish]

I purchased one the other day, had to keep the series going!

[yoyosh]

I've been a little bummed by Black Books customer service. Sometimes they respond to emails, sometimes they don't

[vei]

Apr 2, 2016 19:28:06 GMT 1 Whitefish said:

I purchased one the other day, had to keep the series going!

I'm regretting not buying the Ox, but that one was smaller in size so difficult to display together.

[vei]

Apr 2, 2016 21:14:42 GMT 1 yoyosh said:

I've been a little bummed by Black Books customer service. Sometimes they respond to emails, sometimes they don't

I have found that to, but I think it might be because they are a small gallery rather then a large commercial on.

[vei]

Apr 2, 2016 19:23:35 GMT 1 sipps said:

I missed out unfortunately, love Ravi's work.

I think there's another one this Friday

[vei]

Lax have a few originals in stock as well

[vei]

Ravi Zupa Match boxes available on the Black Book Gallery website.

[Hairbland]

Apr 8, 2016 18:28:26 GMT 1 vei said:

Ravi Zupa Match boxes available on the Black Book Gallery website.

Good tip!

[br0k3n]

is it still available?

[vei]

From 2 years ago!!!!!!

[br0k3n]

i have some prints and some originals. but i am looking to buy some more too. maybe i would sell one of my prints if the price is ok. if anyone has something to offer please send me a pm.
thanks

[Ken Hashimoto]

Ravi Zupa: "The Turmoil of Being"
On view: September 1 - September 24, 2016
Opening reception: Thursday, September 1 (6pm-10pm)

Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present "The Turmoil of Being", a solo show of new works by Colorado-based artist Ravi Zupa. Highlighting Zupa’s multifaceted studio practice, the exhibition features new works on paper, fabricated sculptures and a large scale installation. Zupa utilizes a broad range of techniques to inter-weave imagery from a myriad of cultures.

Taking cues from Renaissance portraiture, totalitarian propaganda and Eastern iconography, Zupa creates a unique universe of historic characters and anthropomorphic creatures. Figures are precisely rendered to emulate the stylings of Japanese wood-block illustrations, Medieval religious art, and zoological drawings. However, each pastiche is intervened with bold reference to modernity and a looming dystopian future.



"The Turmoil of Being" brings together several of Zupa’s ongoing bodies of work. His series, "Age of Enlightenment", display his mastery of combining traditional methods of printmaking, assemblage, and painting. Zupa’s ornate work seems as it were unearthed from centuries ago, yet it contains traces of our contemporary age. Dreamlike, unsettling and mysterious, these works unify what is seemingly unrelated, to strive towards something universal.



In his continuing series, "Mightier Than", Zupa dismantles and welds together pieces of antique typewriters to create realistic depictions of modern assault rifles. Upon closer inspection, barrels and triggers are merely carriages and keys. Each weapon is even loaded with ammunition meticulously crafted from discarded pencil stubs and fountain-pens. This work confronts the violent and absurd by re-interpreting the old adage “the pen is mightier than the sword.”



Zupa’s exhibition culminates in a life-size sculptural installation. An elaborately costumed Samurai rides on horseback, wielding an assembled typewriter rifle. This monumental work provokes viewers to be physically immersed into Zupa’s milieu.

Please join us for “Turmoil of Being”, opening Thursday, September 1, with an evening reception from 6pm - 10pm. The exhibition will be on view until Saturday, September 24.

For more information, additional images, or exclusive content, please email us at [e-mail]

[Whitefish]

Ravi is a fantastic artist!!! This is an exciting body of work.

[Ken Hashimoto]

Aug 31, 2016 4:00:06 GMT 1 Whitefish said:

Ravi is a fantastic artist!!! This is an exciting body of work.

Thanks so much, I have to say I agree with you fully!

Something really exciting about this one is Ravi's new life size installation piece, never seen him go this large or ambitious. Hope to have more pics soon!

[Ken Hashimoto]

Had a great time at Ravi's opening last week, it was nice having him in town and he really went above and beyond on his installation and presentation. Here's a quick look at the show, it'll be on view at our gallery on Sutter Street in San Francisco until September 24th, so if you're in the area please swing by and say hi.

The show has sold tremendously well, we only have a handful of works left, which you can view here:
store.hashimotocontemporary.com/collections/ravi-zupa-the-turmoil-being

[mishen]

I picked up a Samurai piece. I love my Ravi collection. Such a rad artist... he's a special human.