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 The art of SHAG
tiki style

   

 

DANS LA MEME RUBRIQUE :

SUBURBIA
BRUCE BEGOUT
Orgasme à Moscou
de Edgar Hilsenrath
MARK RYDEN
PINXIT
REVUE FEUILLETON
Flogging a dead horse
The Life and Works of Jake and Dinos Chapman
PAÑOS
Chicanos Prison Art

L’Empire de la mort
Histoire culturelle des ossuaires et des charniers
RIMALDAS VIKSRAITIS
GRIMACES OF THE WEARY VILLAGE
Roberto BOLANO
2666
Efraim MEDINA REYES
Il était une fois l’amour
mais j’ai dû le tuer
LE MANIFESTE CHAP
savoir-vivre révolutionnaire pour gentleman moderne
GAVIN WATSON
SKINS
DAIKICHI AMANO
HUMAN NATURE
LA COLLECTION BD CUL
T.H.R. - Barry McGee
DRAWINGS FROM THE GULAG
Suite(s) impériale(s)
Bret Easton Ellis
Apocalypse Bébé
Virgine Despentes
ROLLER DERBY ART
Des nouveautés chez
KORERO BOOKS
Huit romans pour partir à la conquête de l’ouest
THINK DIRTY
BE NAUGHTY
FEEL HAPPY
Charles Pennequin
Comprendre la vie
KEV GREY
Hunter S. Thompson
journaliste et hors-la-loi
JUNKO MIZUNO
FLARE
WINSHLUSS
Welcome to the death club
The Invisible Empire :
KU KLUX KLAN
PIERRE MOLINIER
Jacques Lizène Volume 3
Colum McCANN
Et que le vaste monde poursuive sa course folle
Terry RICHARDSON
KIBOSH
HARRY CREWS
Le chanteur de gospel
Strange fruit
Billie Holiday
Les Aventures de R.Crumb
Sonic Youth etc.
Sensational Fix
(+2 disques vinyles)
TOM OF FINLAND XXL
Christelle corrigée
Romain Slocombe
CHARLOTTE ROCHE
ZONES HUMIDES
WENDY DELORME
Insurrections !
en territoire sexuel
Mark Ryden
The tree show
JIM HARRISON
Une odyssée américaine
GLU d’IRVIN WELSH
PINOCCHIO de Winshluss
VICE
In the Land of Retinal Delights :
The Juxtapoz Factor Book
MURAKAMI Ryû
Love & pop
Monographie
Tom de Pékin
GARY PANTER BOX
ALFRED
Je mourrai pas gibier


 

Shag is a product of the sprawling suburbs of Los Angeles, California. He was born a little too late to experience the culture and styles which have always fascinated him and are present in most of his illustration and painting. Shag is intrigued with the slick commercial art and advertising of the late 50s and early 60s and he strives for a tight, clean and well crafted appearance to his work. Though he considers himself more an illustrator than a "fine artist," galleries in the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan have hosted solo exhibitions of his art.
Whether the setting is a tiki bar, 60s style lounge, or perhaps a Jet Set cocktail party, Shag populates his painting with heavy-lidded vixens, suave lounge lizards, or Bond-like arch villains, all of whom are probably up to something naughty. While undeniably ubiquitous, Shag’s work manages to stay fresh because of the fact he nails his subject matter every time... there’s no sense of disingenuousness in his style and the subjects he pays homage to. There is a story in each painting as well, usually a bit sinister in a playful way, and always humorous.

[ BOOKS ... ]

Shag is a leading light in contemporary hip art. Blending cartoon, tiki, and vintage illustrative sensibilities, Shag has garnered the attention of a legion of devoted fans and collectors who will delight in this new collection of his work. Shag’s art looks back on the pop culture of the mid 20th century and blends it with a dose of modern irony, humor, and joy. An acolyte of Exotica, Tiki Culture, and cartoon illustration, Shag’s work first looks retro, but on closer inspection is seen to be a loving exploration of the popular subconscious. This is the softcover edition.


ART OF SHAG : BOTTOMLESS COCKTAIL
by Shag
96 pages
Publisher : Last Gasp




BEATSVILLE
by Martin McIntosh, ed.
144 pages
Publisher : Outre Gallery Press





SHAG PARTY
by Shag
64 pages
Publisher : PGW






SHAG’S ZODIAC :
OFFBEAT ADVENTURES IN ASTROLOGY
by Shag, with Eve Lederman
80 pages
Publisher : Surrey Books






TABOO : THE ART OF TIKI
by Martin McIntosh, ed
96 pages
Publisher : Outré Gallery





TIKI DRINKS
by Adam Rocke, Shag
64 pages
Publisher : PGW






BOOK OF TIKI, THE
by Sven A Kirsten
287 pages
Publisher : Taschen






TIKI ART NOW ! A VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF ART
by Otto Von Stroheim
87 pages
Publisher : Last Gasp & Shooting Gallery





TIKI QUEST : COLLECTING THE EXOTIC PAST
by Duke Carter
183 pages
Publisher : Pegboard Press






NIGHT OF THE TIKI
by Shag and Leroy Schmaltz
120 pages
Publisher : Last Gasp



LEETEG OF TAHITI
by John Turner & Greg Escalante
94 pages
Publisher : Last Gasp




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