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Anthony Ausgang (born Anthony Charles Grant Thompson) is an artist and writer born in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago〔(KCET interview )〕 in 1959 who lives and works in Los Angeles.〔(''Vacation from Reality: The Art of Anthony Ausgang'' (ISBN 978-0-9766-3250-4) )〕 Ausgang is a principal painter associated with the Lowbrow art movement,〔(''Pop Surrealism'' by Kirsten Anderson (ISBN 978-0-8671-9618-4) )〕〔(Hypebeast: Ausgang interview )〕〔(Juxtapoz magazine: Ausgang interview )〕 one of "the first major wave of lowbrow artists" to show in Los Angeles in the early 1980s.〔(''Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism & Lowbrow Art'' by Matt Dukes Jordan (ISBN 978-0-8118-4241-9) )〕 The protagonists of his paintings are cats〔(Florida Folio Weekly: Ausgang interview )〕 -- "psychedelic, wide eyed, with a kind of evil look in their eyes”.〔2012 Fender Guitar exhibition catalogue, page 60, for the show "Rewind: 50 Years of Fender in Italy"〕 He was schooled at the Otis Art Institute〔(Otis Parsons alumni news )〕 in Los Angeles. In 1990, Ausgang had his first solo show at the 01 Gallery in Hollywood.〔(Los Angeles Times: Ausgang 1990 art review )〕 Among the places he has exhibited are: La Luz de Jesus, The Laguna Art Museum’s “Kustom Kulture” show, Kantor Gallery. Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Roq La Rue Gallery,〔 LA Municipal Gallery, and Copro Gallery.〔(Coagula Art Journal )〕〔(Copro Gallery press release )〕 In 2009, Ausgang’s work was included in the exhibition Apocalypse Wow! at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome in Italy,〔(Urban Painting Gallery )〕 and in late 2012, Ausgang was the featured international artist at the Rewind show in Bologna celebrating the 50th anniversary of Fender guitar in Italy.〔(Museo Musica Bologna: Fender 50th Anniversary Show )〕 By 1993, Ausgang’s artistic production consisted of customized cars,〔(Ausgang official website: Custom Cars )〕 original acrylic paintings,〔 and commercial merchandise,〔(''LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles'' by Chris Kraus, Ariana Fox (ISBN 978-1-9047-7230-9) )〕 including clothing,〔(Ausgang shorts on Amazon )〕 puzzles,〔(Ausgang puzzle at ToTT Global )〕 toys,〔(Ausgang on Vinyl Creep )〕 lighters,〔(Ausgang official website: zippo lighters )〕 and posters.〔(Ausgang official website: Commercial Art )〕 Laguna Art Museum commissioned Ausgang to design a hole for a miniature golf course exhibit at South Coast Plaza in 1996.〔(Ausgang official website: special projects )〕 As a "successful artist who appears in several magazines and exhibitions a year", Ausgang also boasts an impressive list of commercial clients including Tower Records, MTV, Sony Music and David Lee Roth.〔(''Morning Wood'' by Roger Gastman (ISBN 978-1-58423-159-2) )〕 In 2003, Ausgang designed the cover for ''Dude Descending a Staircase'', the fourth studio album by the British band Apollo 440.〔 In 2010, Ausgang did the cover art〔(Rolling Stone: Ausgang article )〕 for the MGMT release Congratulations,〔(The Houston Chronicle: Ausgang interview )〕〔(The Huffington Post article )〕〔(Boing Boing: Ausgang interview )〕 "an eye grabbing illustration that could easily been found on a Grateful dead release circa 1974”〔(The New York Times: ''The Incredible, Inevitable Shrinking Album Cover'' by David Browne )〕 which was nominated by NME for the Best Art Vinyl of 2010.〔(Best Art Vinyl 2010 nominees )〕 In 2011, Ausgang designed the Christmas windows for the La Rinascente Department Store in Milan with larger-than-life three-dimensional models of his trademark psychedelic cartoon cats.〔(Italian Vogue: Ausgang at La Rinascente )〕 KeroseneBomb published Ausgang's first fiction book ''The Sleep of Puss Titter: A Lysenkoist Life in the Random-Word Generation'' in 2011.〔(The Fox Is Black book review )〕 "Vacation from Reality" is the anthology of his major artworks up to 2007.〔 His artwork is featured in several anthologies, including ''Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism & Lowbrow Art'' by Matt Dukes Jordan〔 and ''Pop Surrealism'' by Kirsten Anderson.〔 LA Weekly magazine commissioned a painting by Ausgang for their annual "Best Of ... " special issue in 2000.〔(LA Weekly covers )〕 In 2011, Anthong Ausgang received the lifetime achievement award at Beyond Eden's annual art fair at Barnsdall Art Park.〔(Beyond Eden lifetime achievement award )〕〔(LA Weekly article )〕 ==Books== * ''Vacation from Reality: The Art of Anthony Ausgang'' (9mm Books, 2007) ISBN 978-0-9766-3250-4 * ''Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism & Lowbrow Art'' by Matt Dukes Jordan, Artist Anthology (Chronicle Books, 2005) ISBN 978-0-8118-4241-9 * ''LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles'' by Chris Kraus, Ariana Fox, Artist Anthology (Black Dog Publishing, 2005) ISBN 978-1-9047-7230-9 * ''Pop Surrealism'' by Kirsten Anderson, Artist Anthology (Last Gasp, 2004) ISBN 978-0-8671-9618-4 * ''Morning Wood'' by Roger Gastman, Artist Anthology (Gingko Press, 2003) ISBN 978-1-58423-159-2 * ''Taboo: The Art of Tiki'' by Martin McIntosh, Artist Anthology (Outre Gallery Press, 1999) ISBN 978-0-6463-7731-5 * ''Kustom Kulture'' by Ron Turner, Artist Anthology (Last Gasp, 1993) ISBN 978-0-8671-9405-0 * ''Juxtapoz Car Culture'' by Kevin Thomson, Artist Anthology (Gingko Press, 2009) ISBN 978-1-5842-3347-3 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Ausgang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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