Richard Duardo (1952-2014), A Complete Knock Off (In the Grand Manner of Edward Ruscha), 1988
Richard Duardo (1952-2014), A Complete Knock Off (In the Grand Manner of Edward Ruscha), 1988
Screenprint on paper
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Publisher: Aztlan Multiples, blindstamp lower left
Numbered 31/70
Sheet size 19 x 49.5 inches
In acrylic flat frame 22 x 52.5 inches
Some foxing, mild wear, but otherwise in good condition. Frame with some mild scuffs, etc. please see photos.
Richard Duardo (1952-2014) is a key figure in the post war Chicano art movement in Los Angeles. A master screenprinter who studied at UCLA, Duardo's boisterous appropriations of Warhol-style imagery garnered him the moniker Warhol of the West.In the 1970s, Duardo co-founded Centro de Arte Publico, a highly political arts collective. In 1980, he established his own fine art print studio, Hecho en Aztlan and its later offshoots, Aztlan Multiples, Multiples Fine Art, Future Perfect, Art & Commerce, and his last studio, Modern Multiples, Inc. The archives of these studios are collected by the University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Chicano Studies. Duardo has worked with David Hockney, Shepherd Fairey, Keith Haring and Banksy, and published the work of over 300 artists. He has had museum shows in Tokyo and Gifu, Japan, New York and Los Angeles. His work was selected for a National Endowment for the Arts traveling exhibition. In 1988, Duardo received The California Arts Commission for Artist of the Year Award.