Randy Polumbo and Shari Elf proudly present our Rockstar show at Art Queen in Joshua Tree, California. Many of the works below are available for purchase, if not priced feel free to drop me a note. I will be updating this more.
Art Queen West
Art Queen East
Rockstar opening, May 13, 2007
Art Queen is a complex of 2 art galleries (AQ East, a converted garage, AQ West, a converted storage shed), one 1940s teardrop trailer which currently showcases Shari's speed sculptures (sculptures she made fast, inspired by Moby Dick's works).This is where you will also find the World FAmous Crochet Museum. There are also some apartments and shops on the grounds including Joshua Tree Music, The Coin Shop and Psychic Readings. Indy has his Joshua Tree counseling office here now and Shari and Randy both have studios here. Bob, who is the king of Art Queen also lives here and keeps everything in order in Art Queen. Oh, and we also have a cool stage.
Original drawings by Alicia Bay Laurel, made especially for the Rockstar show (each one is 13" x 16", $100 each)
Ann Magnuson of Joshua Tree and Los Angeles, her first paintings Owl "The New World" (2007) and her glitter painting "High Noon" (2006) and a lovely found object piece, "All Things Being Equal" (2007) made from a thrift store scale, mouse skull and her neighbor Blake's dogs droppings collected from her yard. Blake denies that was the doing of his dogs, now sun dried and covered in gold glitter by Ann.
Art Paul Schlosser local street musician and personality in Madison, Wisconsin. Scream Flower $25 (3.5" x 5"), Heavy Metal Singers $35 (7.5" x 5"), Froggy (9" x7") $40, Is Your Heart in Your Smile? (7.5"x 9.5" $35)
Bingo of Bingo's Dream Band and also the Thrift Store All Stars, large canvas (50" x 50") he did I think in college, $9000
Carol Ann amazing bass player for the Thrift Store All Stars (she also plays with Fairy Elf, we are proud to say!) portrait of musician (10.5" x 13")
Alan Vega, who founded seminal punk band
Suicide, in the 70's in addition to
his long sculpture career. "Rikers", mixed media 1996, 72" x
18" NFS
Daniel Johnston drawings (not for sale, collection of Randy Polumbo),
Photograph by David Butterfield of Pioneertown, CA
Deborah Iyall of Romeo Void and now residing in Portland, OR (formerly of 29 Palms, CA), NFS
Doug Newman carved and painted these Fishies from the foam of some sofa cushions he found on the street by his apartment in Los Angeles, CA. Fishies (7" long up to 21" long) are not for sale. Doug has decided to make a movie of them and I look forward to the movie. He is also still hoping to get his "Attack of the Giant Tapeworm" movie made.
Graham Nash photo, "The Observer" (that's his son looking in a fish bowl), from the collection of Ramona Otto.
Hannah
Marcus,Singer Songwriter, and also member of the Wingdale Community
SingersNew York. Shown here are her pill covered vessels
James
Nares, original member of the Contortions, one of NYC's favorite early
noise bands.of New York City, NY (photo is on the way)
Jesika Von Rabbit of Gram Rabbit, and some of her first art works ever! I hope she makes more. Jesika Von Junkdrawer (left, 28" x 24") $250, and Happy Birthday Coco McGullicady (7" x 8") $50.
Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde does some lovely things with found wood in the desert. These are for sale but I'd need to check with her on the prices. I think they start at around $300 each. bird: 11" x 31", skeletons and heart with thorns 11" x 24.5", bird feeder (with rusty cans and old wood) 13" x 16".
Joshua Kjerstad's Wave, Joshua Tree, CA, glass and steel
Korinna Knoll of Neulander, formerly of Joshua Tree now living in Los Angeles, pen, ink and pencil on paper
Photos by Krissie Gregory (she also freelances as a Suicide Girls photographer and is a drummer for Fairy Elf!)
Lily Rose Leatart of Los Angeles and sometimes Joshua Tree made Rock Cat, sold to Gretchen Grunt of 29 Palms at our Rockstar opening
Works by Moby Dick who used to make art and sell it by the side of the road in Landers, CA, the small works on the table are on loan from Bob Fischer of Morongo Valley, CA. You can see more of Moby Dick's larger works in the Moby Dick Sculpture garden at Art Queen. We hear Moby Dick is now living in Las Vegas making his wonderful crazy sculptures, we'd love to find him if anyone knows his whereabouts.
Paintings by Monet Blair Starchild of Joshua Tree, CA. (sizes from left to right, sorry I don't have names for them,11" x 14", 5" x 7", 9" x 12"). These are not for sale but Monet is attempting to re-create one like the one on the far right again for Giselle and John Cashin from NYC.
Works by Nico LeMoal-Polumbo. (this is a nice day, cookies are good) Nico is not interested in selling these.
Photos by Nicole Panter of 29 Palms, Santa Monica and Santa Fe, NM. $90 each
Nicole Panter is an amazing woman: writer, feminist, political activist. She was involved in the early LA punk scene as the Germs' manager (you can see her in full glory in The Decline of Western Civilization), then wrote and acted for "Pee Wee Herman's Playhouse". She co-founded the Bohemian Women's Political Alliance and in 1994 Incommunicado Press published a wonderful book of her semi-autobiographical short stories entitled Mr. Right On and other stories.
Randy the Banjo Ghost But Now I am Found $50, At Night I Dreamed Of $50. Randy used to force everyone who looked weird to buy my CD "I'm Forcing Goodness Upon You" from Music Exchange, the record store he used to work at in Kansas City, MO. Thank you for forcing my goodness around!
"obscure and obvious...two paintings from a part of a
series
of odd images and partial quotes. obscure and obvious also describes
the "artist." a lenghty show business/art/music resume including work
as a janitor in a porno store, substitute teaching, three years in an
inner city welfare office, seven years in one of the best record
stores in the world, restaurant work and making light bulbs in a cave
for a nickle apiece. eccentric banjo player who has two cds of his
own as well as featured appearances in doug stanhope's "deadbeat hero"
and the benifit cd "morbid obscenity" with stanhope, andy andrist,
lynn shawcroft( wife of the departed mitch hedburg), the amazing
arthritic sean rouse and mr. arthur hinty. spends most of his time
brooding and ignoring the beauty of his surroundings. this is the
first time his paintings have been shown outside of his apartment...
Rick Moody, photo collages, author and one of the the Wingdale Community Singers, from Brooklyn, NY
Phranc's new line of paper shirts (she's made a total of 7 now), sewn by her on her sewing machine and then painted. $1000 each. these are the size of real shirts, 29" x 24" and 31" x 31". These shirts will next be in a show in NY curated by Ann Magnuson at Q gallery.
Pigeon by Rennie Sparks of The Handsome Family, and her handwritten lyrics to one of my favorite songs "Grandmother Waits for You," frames by me (NFS either one)
Flying Rubber Chickens, bronze Peeps and rubber chicken heads by Randy Polumbo of New York City and sometimes Joshua Tree, CA.
Three collaborations by Shari Elf and Randy Polumbo (NFS right now)
Shari Elf works (NFS)
Travis Kline of the Thrift Store All Stars 3 small works
Ted Quinn Untitled Human Hearts 9" x 12" (top) 11" x 14" (2 bottom) ($40 each)
Victoria Williams of Joshua Tree, CA. Donkey ($2500), water color painting of Sid Straw and donkey and egg plate in a handsome thrift store display case.
