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Shark Toof
Boy, Girl And Wolf Show
2012

Name: Boy, Girl And Wolf Show
Brand: Shark Toof
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

$1,500List Price

About the Item

Boy, Girl And Wolf Show, (2012) Acrylic, Spray Paint, House Paint on Canvas 12 x 12 x 4 in. framed "Boy, Cheetah, Girl, Wolf, Girl, Tiger, Boy, Girl, Show" is an intimate look onto ourselves and our belief systems of romance and nature. A dialogue heavy in conversation between male, female, animal, and nature are pronounced by saturation of color, texture, line quality, tension of composition, and use of spacial relationships. These agitated proximities force internal questioning, leaving the viewer reflecting. Bright colors, against flat surfaces, paired with vintage, iconic, pop vignettes, characters as well as ourselves, are caught in a moment. The ever looming fervor of nature and animal energy appears to consume all participants. BIOGRAPHY Works and lives in Los Angeles, USA EDUCATION Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA SELECTED SOLO GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Beyond Eden, 4 Thinkspace (Culver City) at LA Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park / Hollywood, CA Vanguard, Thinkspace / Culver City, CA POWOW Kakaako / Honolulu, Oahu Hi, Art Collectors Starter Kit, Corey Helford Gallery / Culver City, CA 2012 The Ping Pong Show Boy, Cheetah, Girl, Wolf, Girl, Tiger, Boy, Girl, Show Joseph A. Watson Collection / Las Vegas, NV “Samsung Commercial” with Lebron James, Global OHH NATURE, The C.A.V.E. Gallery / Venice, CA Book Signing and Release, La Luz De Jesus, Los Angeles, CA Mural DBX Event, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Wild At Heart, Thinkspace / Culver City, CA Picks Of The Harvest, Thinkspace / Culver City, CA Urban Legends, LA ART MACHINE / Los Angeles, CA 2011 Burton Snowboard Showcase / Burlington, VT Street N' Low, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station / Santa Monica, CA Album Of Nature, ABV Gallery / Atlanta, GA Living Walls Conference / Atlanta, GA Nature Will Always Win, LeBasse Projects / Culver City, CA Street AKA Museum / Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, NH Site Specific Installation with Vox Humana, LA Art Show 16 VIP After-Party, Ritz Carlton Penthouse / Los Angeles, CA Live Painting Installation, LA Art Show 16 Vox Humana, Los Angeles, CA Rebaroque Artist Series Sound Wall, Scope Art Fair. New York, NY 2010 Baker's Dozen, Fountain Art Fair / Miami, FL Dreams Deferred Permanent Collection, Chinese American Museum / Los Angeles, CA Duality, CB Gallery / Los Angeles, CA Marxist Glue, Hold Up Art / Los Angeles, CA Small Gift Sanrio 50th Anniversary, Barker Hanger / Los Angeles, CA Sugi Pop Portsmouth Museum of Art / Portsmouth, NH Unfaithful Forever, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery / Hollywood, CA Dead Letter Playground, Leo Kesting Gallery / New York, NY Viva Lost Wages, Joseph Watson Collection / Las Vegas, NV MAYDAY, Barracuda / Los Angeles, CA Crazy 4 Cult, Gallery 1988 / Los Angeles, CA Shark Toof is best known internationally for his iconic wheat paste image of a hand drawn shark with TOOF in the mouth. Although the shark’s reputation is often fearsome, Toof uses the image instead to give strength, optimism, and possibility to the viewer. His use of expressive, layered strokes and contrasting colors allows the onlooker to seek their own expression and inner voice. The shark icon is a voice of rebellion, a conduit for the unheard, and an homage to graffiti art and its purpose. His ever evolving cache of work includes Guilty Pleasures, a series of iconographic cigarette packs and slot machines, the pulp-comic inspired Mayday series of idealized romance, and pop culture caricature shark heads featured in his most recent solo show, I'm Shark Toof, Who The Hell Are You? at Innerstate Gallery. Symbiotically, with attention to juxtaposition of shapes, line quality, composition, and tension of content, Shark Toof’s fine art paintings become an intimate look onto ourselves, questioning our belief systems of romance and nature. Shark Toof’s work is recognized and collected globally, from the young graffiti artist who craves the icon he must rip from the streets to the contemporary art collector who covets the renowned artist’s full repertoire. With roots deep in graffiti and an education from Art Center, Shark Toof possesses the technical skills of an Old Master and the spirit of an art-minded vandal, granting him the ability to move seamlessly between styles. His most recent accomplishments include a second showing at the Chinese American Museum where he is part of their permanent collection, a show with The Everhart Museum in Pennsylvania, and two 100 foot murals located in Los Angeles and Miami. Shark Toof's murals have become internationally recognized through media such as Lebron James’ commercial for Samsung’s Galaxy Note II and Apple's newest iPad commercial. Shark Toof lives and works in Los Angeles.

Creator:
Shark Toof (1975, American)
Creation Year:
2012
Dimensions:
Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
Medium:
ABS,Acrylic
Movement Style:
Abstract
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2242746382