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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Rubén Esparza: Piss + Blood & Spunk, Seminal Works 1993–2019” is on view by appointment at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles through Monday, July 6. The solo exhibition presents work made by the L.A.-based Esparza over the past 25 years.
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Rubén Esparza, Jeff in Blue and Gold, 2019, photo collage.
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Rubén Esparza, Self Portrait Piss Jar, 2019, Polaroid, urine, and jar.
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Rubén Esparza, Self Portrait with Banana, 2019, archival pigment print.
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Rubén Esparza, GLoves (Blood Drive), 1995, mixed media, gloves, blood, mounted on painted canvas with clear Lucite framing, triptych.
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Rubén Esparza, GOON CON TROLL, 2016–19, mixed media.
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Rubén Esparza, From Archives to the Archives, 2012–, mixed media and re-produced protest signs.
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Rubén Esparza, Mi Sol, 2017, mixed media collage.
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Rubén Esparza, Pink Pony, 2019, mixed media collage.
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Rubén Esparza, Digital Flux, Mostly Cocks, series, 2015–19, photo collage.
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Rubén Esparza, Queerdo Polaroids, 2012–19, Polaroids.
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Rubén Esparza, Digital Flux (Santana Camefeo) 25, 26, 27, 2016, archival pigment prints, triptych.
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Rubén Esparza, Lucy, 2019, photograph.
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Rubén Esparza, MISSING (Russell David Liebert), 2019, archival pigment print.
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Rubén Esparza, ml cm 2 8 0 Pope Hat 2 7 3 0 3 (Automatic Drawings), 1993, ink on paper.
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Rubén Esparza, Dos Para Tres/Deux Des Trois (Automatic Drawings), 1994.
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