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John Sparagana
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John Sparagana Self Portrait in Dub, #7 2019 archival inkjet prints, sliced and mixed on paper 51 x 39 1/2 inches
John Sparagana Self Portrait in Dub, #9 2019 archival inkjet prints, sliced and marked on paper 89 1/2 x 69 inches
John Sparagana Self Portrait in Dub, #4 2019 archival inkjet print, sliced and mixed on paper 53 3/4 x 51 1/2 inches
John Sparagana Self Portrait in Dub, #6 2019 archival inkjet prints, sliced and mixed on paper 61 x 48 1/2 inches
John Sparagana Self Portrait in Dub, #11 2019 archival inkjet prints, sliced and mixed on paper 89 1/2 x 70 1/2 inches
John Sparagana Self Portrait in Dub, #12 2019 archival inkjet prints, sliced and mixed on paper 95 1/2 x 71 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Self Portrait in Dub, #10 2019 archival inkjet prints, sliced and mixed on paper 53 x 41 inches
John Sparagana Self Portrait in Dub, #8 2019 archival inkjet prints, sliced and mixed on paper 52 1/2 x 39 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Self Portrait in Dub, #1 2019 archival inkjet prints, sliced and mixed on paper 52 1/2 x 40 1/8 inches
John Sparagana Themesong Variations (empty speech) 2015 Archival inkjet prints, sliced and mixed on paper, mounted on dibond 70 x 52 inches
John Sparagana Kazimir Malevich Flying Rectangles, Albert Oehlen Poster Fragment, Rick Rubin 2014 sixteen fatigued magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed on paper 44 x 33 inches
John Sparagana Der Spiegel (Time Magazine) with Burgoyne Diller Composition @38% 2013 fatigued, sliced, mixed magazine pages with oil stick on paper 42 x 32 inches
John Sparagana Der Spiegel (Time Magazine Pop Chart) with Burgoyne Diller Composition @25% 2013 fatigued, sliced, mixed magazine pages with oil stick on paper 46 x 34 inches
John Sparagana Der Spiegel (Headlock) with 25% Kazimir Malevich 2013 fatigued magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper 43 1/4 x 31 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Der Spiegel with Malevich Flying Rectangles @25% and Malevich White Cross @25% 2013 fatigued, sliced, mixed magazine pages with oil stick on paper 48 x 36 inches
John Sparagana Der Spiegel with 25% Kazimir Malevich and 25% Burgoyne Diller 2013 fatigued magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper 43 3/4 x 31 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Der Spiegel with Burgoyne Diller 2013 fatigued magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper 43 x 31 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Crowds & Powder: Times Square Crowd 2013 fatigued magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper 20 x 32 inches signed on verso
John Sparagana Esopus: Myanmar Crowd 2013 sliced and mixed magazine pages with oil stick on paper 20 x 32 inches
John Sparagana Crowds & Powder: The Revolutionaries 2 2013 fatigued magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper 21 x 31 1/2 inches
John Sparagana Esopus: The Revolutionaries 2013 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages with oil stick on paper 20 x 32 inches
John Sparagana Tahrir Square/Superman 2013 archival injket prints sliced and mixed on paper 60 x 132 inches
John Sparagana Esopus: Kennedy Brothers 2013 sliced and mixed inkjet prints with oil stick on paper 64 x 98 inches
John Sparagana Crowds & Powder: American Soldier and Afghanis 2013 archival inkjet prints with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper 21 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches
John Sparagana Untitled (Jack Bobby Teddy, Hyannis Port 1960) 2013 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages with oil stick on paper 20 x 32 inches
John Sparagana Crowds & Powder: Tahrir Square 2013 magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper 20 1/2 x 33 inches signed on verso
John Sparagana Crowds & Powder: The Revolutionaries 2013 archival inkjet prints with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper 58 x 92 inches
John Sparagana Crowds & Powder: The Revolutionaries (detail) 2013 archival inkjet prints with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper 58 x 92 inches
John Sparagana Der Spiegel, 16-2-2012 2012 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper 42 5/8 x 31 1/2 inches
John Sparagana Der Spiegel, 12-3-2012 2012 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper 42 3/4 x 32 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Der Spiegel, 13-1-2012 2012 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper 42 5/8 x 30 7/8 inches
John Sparagana Der Spiegel, 20-11-2011 2011 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper 43 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches
John Sparagana Cairo, Tahrir Square Protest/Kazimir Malevich, 'Suprematist Painting' 2011 sliced and mixed archival inkjet prints, acrylic on paper 92 1/2 x 62 1/2 inches
John Sparagana Teddy Kennedy Funeral/Andy Warhol, 'Flowers', 1964 2011 sliced and mixed inkjet prints with oil pastel on paper 21 x 31 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Reverse Teddy Kennedy Funeral/Andy Warhol, 'Flowers', 1964 2011 sliced and mixed inkjet prints with oil pastel on paper 21 x 31 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Untitled BTE #9: Teddy Kennedy Funeral/Andy Warhol ‘Flowers,’ 1964 2010 - 2011 sliced & mixed inkjet prints & oil pastel on paper 21 x 31 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Untitled BTE #9: Teddy Kennedy Funeral/Andy Warhol ‘Flowers,’ 1964 (detail) 2010 - 2011 sliced & mixed inkjet prints & oil pastel on paper 21 x 31 3/4 inches
John Sparagana New York City, May 2, 2011/Morris Louis "Unfurled" (1960) - variation 2011 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages with acrylic paint 18 1/4 x 30 inches
John Sparagana Warhol: Kennedy (Blue) 2010 sliced and mixed inkjet prints and oil pastel on paper 20 x 30 1/2 inches
John Sparagana Post Earthquake Haiti/Frank Stella, ‘Arundel Castle,’ 1959, Helio Oiticia, ‘Metesquema,’ 1958 2010 - 2012 sliced and mixed inkjet prints and oil pastel on paper 58 1/4 x 43 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Post Earthquake Haiti/Frank Stella, ‘Arundel Castle,’ 1959, Helio Oiticia, ‘Metesquema,’ 1958 (details) 2010 - 2012 sliced and mixed inkjet prints and oil pastel on paper 58 1/4 x 43 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Untitled (Helio Oiticica) 2010 magazine pages, oil pastel, and mylar on paper 20 x 32 inches
John Sparagana Untitled BTE #5: Post Earthquake Haiti/Frank Stella, ’Die Fahne Hoch,’ 1959, Hélio Oiticica, ’Metesquema,’ 1958 2010 sliced & mixed inkjet prints and oil pastel on paper 58 1/4 x 88 inches
John Sparagana Untitled BTE #5: Post Earthquake Haiti/Frank Stella, ’Die Fahne Hoch,’ 1959, Hélio Oiticica, ’Metesquema,’ 1958 (detail) 2010 sliced & mixed inkjet prints and oil pastel on paper 58 1/4 x 88 inches
John Sparagana Untitled (Chase Bank) 2010 magazine pages and reflective mylar on paper 20 x 32 inches
John Sparagana Untitled BTE #1: South Korean Demonstration Police Crackdown/Ellsworth Kelly, ‘Falcon Study,’ 1959 2010 sliced & mixed inkjet prints and oil pastel on paper 59 3/4 x 44 inches
John Sparagana Untitled BTE #1: South Korean Demonstration Police Crackdown/Ellsworth Kelly, ‘Falcon Study,’ 1959 (detail) 2010 sliced & mixed inkjet prints and oil pastel on paper 59 3/4 x 44 inches
John Sparagana Untitled BTE #8: Afghanistan Citizens, American Soldier, Military Transport Vehicle/Helio Oiticica, ‘Metesquema,’ 1957 (three times) 2010 sliced & mixed inkjet prints and oil pastel on paper 58 1/4 x 87 3/4 inches
John Sparagana Untitled BTE #8: Afghanistan Citizens, American Soldier, Military Transport Vehicle/Helio Oiticica, ‘Metesquema,’ 1957 (three times) (detail) 2010 sliced & mixed inkjet prints and oil pastel on paper 58 1/4 x 87 3/4 inches
John Sparagana DS 7-8-09 2009 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper 22 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches
John Sparagana DS 20-5-09 2009 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper 22 x 15 1/2 inches
John Sparagana DS 20-7-09 2009 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper 22 x 15 1/2 inches
John Sparagana DS 30-5-09 2009 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper 22 x 16 inches
John Sparagana DS 13-6-09 2009 fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper 22 x 16 inches
John Sparagana The Berlin Suite 2009 set of eight fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper 23 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches each
John Sparagana The Berlin Suite 2009 set of eight fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper sheet 1 of 8 23 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches
John Sparagana The Berlin Suite 2009 set of eight fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper sheet 2 of 8 23 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches
John Sparagana The Berlin Suite 2009 set of eight fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper sheet 3 of 8 23 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches
John Sparagana The Berlin Suite 2009 set of eight fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper sheet 4 of 8 23 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches
John Sparagana The Berlin Suite 2009 set of eight fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper sheet 5 of 8 23 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches
John Sparagana The Berlin Suite 2009 set of eight fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper sheet 6 of 8 23 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches
John Sparagana The Berlin Suite 2009 set of eight fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper sheet 7 of 8 23 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches
John Sparagana The Berlin Suite 2009 set of eight fatigued, sliced, and mixed magazine pages on paper sheet 8 of 8 23 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches
BIO
b.1958
Lives and works in Houston, Texas.
John Sparagana’s work has been shown internationally, most recently with exhibitions in Los Angeles, Berlin, Chicago, Houston, New York, and Zürich, and is included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; Smart Museum of Art/The University of Chicago; Denver Art Museum, Kunsthalle Bielfeld, Bielfeld, Germany; Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE; Smith College Museum of Art, and Fine Arts Museum System of San Francisco: Legion of Honor, de Young Museum, & Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts.
Sparagana received his M.F.A. from Stanford University in 1987 and has been on the faculty at Rice University in Houston since 1989 as Grace Christian Vietti Chair in Visual Arts and Chair of the Department of Art.