Gronk American, b. 1954 No, 2010

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No, 2010
Monoprint
40 1/2 × 30 in
102.9 × 76.2 cm

Giant Claw Puppet, 2010
Hand Created and Hand … Read more No, 2010
Monoprint
40 1/2 × 30 in
102.9 × 76.2 cm

Giant Claw Puppet, 2010
Hand Created and Hand Printed Mono-print
40 1/2 × 30 in
Medium: Print
Signature: Yes signed by the artist and designated in pencil in the artists hand 1/1, lower left corner in the border, and signed and dated, "Gronk, 2010" in the lower right corner in the border.
Publisher: David Lawrence Editions

Gronk (born 1954 in East Los Angeles, California, USA) is the pseudonym of Chicano painter, printmaker, and performance artist Glugio Nicandro. His work is collected by museums around the country including the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Gronk has been involved with theater since his Asco days, and in 1995 he was commissioned to design sets for the Los Angeles Opera and Santa Fe Opera. His scenic work has also been featured onstage with Latino Theater Company and East West Players.

After 1984, Gronk began a series of paintings that included one of his recurring figures, La Tormenta who functions like a guide through his art. This body of work was considered more "acceptable" to the mainstream world of art.

He is best known for his murals, including those at Estrada Courts in East Los Angeles. More recently his murals have been intentionally painted as temporary art works (i.e., Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California) to be whitewashed later.

GRONK QUOTES
"I didn't go to galleries or museums. They weren't a part of my childhood. Yet all I had to do was walk outside my front door to see visual images all around me. Graffiti was everywhere and it helped me develop what I wanted to do."

"I'm an observer of my time, and I share my observations. That for me is the greatest job of an artist, the ability to share." See less