Push Your Luck Exhibition
The Push Your Luck exhibition took place at the OX-OP Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota from June 4th to June 30th 2005. The artist’s reception ran from 7pm to 10pm on Saturday, June 4th.This solo exhibition of Josh Agle’s work included four original paints, four art objects, a show print, and thirty limited-edition prints.
The four original acrylic and vinyl paint on wooden panel paintings are shown below:
Queen of the Strip (17″ x 24″)
Dirty Deuce (17″ x 24″)
Push Your Luck? (15″ x 24″)
At The Trop (14″ x 24″)
The Push your Luck exhibition included a Shag Deck of 52 regulation playing cards in a printed box with each card bearing a Shag design. The deck was available with the Last Table in Vegas show print (see below) and separately.
The Shag Casino Chips were three individual round casino chips containing an image of the executioner character from the Last Table in Vegas show print.
The Casino Kitty Qee is a limited-edition Qee vinyl art figurine designed by Josh Agle. The figure is was manufactured in an edition size of 500 by Toy2r for the 2005 San Diego Comic Con. Each figure is 8″ tall, numbered on the bottom of the right foot, and is one of six in the Qee Series Ox Op 2a. The original cost of the Qee figure was $85 USD
The most impressive piece at the Push Your Luck exhibition is Shag’s Wheel Of Fortune which predicts your future in a single spin. Shag collaborated with a Las Vegas gaming company to create the one-meter diameter wheel which includes twelve fate imparting segments:
- Impotence
- Reincarnation
- Misfortune
- Satisfaction
- Fortune
- Tough Break
- Eternal Bliss
- A date with Chops
- a tall cool one
- You’re Mine
- Pearly Gates
- On no…
The Wheel of Fortune piece is already covered in the Fatal Attraction and the Flesh is Willing Exhibition posts.
The Last Table in Vegas fifteen-color limited-edition print and playing card set was produced in an edition size of 250 (plus 25 artist proofs and 5 printer proofs). The original painting was included in the 2001 Americana group art show at the Roq la Rue Gallery in Seattle.
There were thirty limited-edition prints shown at the gallery.
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| Apocalypse Has Been Postponed Print Number: Artist Proof (40) Size: 24″ x 36″ 11 color serigraph print released in 2002. |
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| Wages of Sin Print Number: Artist Proof (40) Size: 24″ x 36″ 11 color serigraph print released in 2002. |
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| Blue Seascape Print Number: Artist Proof (30) Size: 18″ x 14″ 7 color serigraph print released in 2000. |
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| Palm Springs Weekend Print Number: Artist Proof (20) Size: 29″ x 21″ 13 color serigraph print released in 2004. |
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| Green Wahine Print Number: Artist Proof (30) Size: 18″ x 11″ 10 color serigraph print released in 2004. |
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| Sidney and Samantha Print Number: Artist Proof (25) Size: 9″ x 9″ 4 color serigraph print released in 2002. |
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| The Definitive Retrospective Print Number: Artist Proof (30) Size: 23″ x 18″ 5 color serigraph print released in 1999. |
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| Inside The Volcano Print Number: Artist Proof (30) Size: 27″ x 22″ 8 color serigraph print released in 2001. |
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| Minotaur, Steadfast and Persistent Print Number: Artist Proof (20) Size: 18″ x 26″ 6 color serigraph print released in 2000. |
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| Three Hipsters Print Number: Artist Proof (20) Size: 9″ x 9″ 4 color serigraph print released in 2002. |
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| Big Mug Print Number: Artist Proof (30) Size: 25″ x 11″ 9 color serigraph print released in 2004. |
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| Sun Also Rises Print Number: Artist Proof (35) Size: 20″ x 24″ 12 color serigraph print released in 2002. |
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| Sylvie Et Jules Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 18″ x 24″ 10 color serigraph print released in 2000. |
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| Smiling Widow Print Number: Artist Proof (30) Size: 29″ x 12″ 14 color serigraph print released in 2003. |
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| Desert Polynesia Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 20″ x 26″ 15 color serigraph print released in 2003. |
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| Death’s Unending Vacation Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 16″ x 22″ 12 color serigraph print released in 2003. |
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| Four Drummers of the Apocalypse Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 19″ x 24″ 9 color serigraph print released in 2000. |
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| Birdnik’s Table Print Number: Limited Edition (299) Size: 17″ x 24″ 5 color serigraph print released in 2001. |
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| Conga Girls at Rest Print Number: Artist Proof (30) Size: 22″ x 12″ 11 color serigraph print released in 2004. |
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| Tiki Suite – Le Roy, Otto, Shag, Sven Print Number: Artist Proof (20) Size: 11″ x 8″ 5 color serigraph print released in 2004. |
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| Heavenly Host Print Number: Artist Proof (40) Size: 20″ x 24″ 5 color serigraph print released in 2000. |
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| LA Modern (Day) Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 20″ x 28″ 15 color serigraph print released in 2004. |
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| Vice Monkeys Print Number: Artist Proof (30) Size: 18″ x 10″ 6 color serigraph print released in 2001. |
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| J is for Jetsetter (Alphabet) Print Number: Artist Proof (25) Size: 12″ x 14″ 9 color serigraph print released in 2009. |
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| Leeteg Tribute Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 18″ x 23″ 5 color serigraph print released in 199. |
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| Hu Hula One & Two Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 15″ x 10″ 9 color serigraph print released in 2004. |
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| Roma Adventure Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 23″ x 19″ 12 color serigraph print released in 2002. |
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| Idol Conversation Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 20″ x 31″ 11 color serigraph print released in 2001. |
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| Sky Lounge Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 19″ x 40 12 color serigraph print released in 2001. |
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| Tryptich – Departure: Idlewild, Stopover: Borneo, Arrival: Ape City Print Number: Artist Proof Size: 15″ x 39″ Offset lithograph released in 1999. |
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Uncut playing card sheet:
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