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The Leisure Principle Exhibition

The Leisure Principle exhibition ran at the C-POP Gallery in Detroit, Michigan from September 7th to October 5th 2002. This solo show of Josh Agle’s work included six original artworks, thirty-six serigraph prints, a tiki mug set, a tiki shot glass, and a handbag.
The six original acrylic and vinyl on wooden panel paintings are as follows:

An Extraordinary Evening (24″ x 48″)
The Drunken Cleric (19″ x 31″)
The Sleeping Menehune (8″ x 10″)
Moonlight Hula (7″ x 15″)
The Littlest Swinger (10″ x 16″)
Liberace’s Hand (14″ x 16″)

The Leisure Principle exhibition also included a tiki mug set, tiki shot glass set, and Paul Frank handbag collaboration.
An artist proof Shag tiki mug set (number 8 of 25) from the year 2000 was sold at the exhibition. From left to right (below): Ku Ku Kana Purple – First Edition, Tall Ratongo Orange – First Edition, Short Ratongo Blue – First Edition, Kapu-Kapu Tiki Mug – Koa Brown, and Tunga-Toa Koa Brown – First Edition.
The 2002 Four Tips Gods Shot Glass Set includes the glasses Sip, Swig, Swill & Swallow along with a mini print with four drink recipes on the reverse. This original limited edition consisted of one hundred sets, this artist proof is number eight of the fifteen made.

Shag collaborated with artist Paul Frank to create a vinyl handbag for the Japanese market. This Collaboration London Bag included characters Julias and Rita on the image. The bag was released in a limited edition of 350 copies with an original cost of $295 USD at the 2001 Dangerous Women exhibition in Japan. This handbag for sale at the Leisure Principle exhibition was a rare artist proof.


The thirty-six limited-edition serigraph print artist proofs shown at the exhibition is as follows:

Details Image
Two Heavy Drinkers
Print Number: Limited Edition (200), Artist Proof (30)
Size: 22″ x 28″
6 color serigraph print released in 2000.
Three Black Crows
Print Number: Limited Edition (150), Artist Proof (30)
Size: 18″ x 32″
13 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Banana Liqueur
Print Number: Limited Edition (150), Artist Proof (20)
Size: 26″ x 20″
18 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Four Drummers of the Apocalypse
Print Number: Limited Edition (200), Artist Proof (30)
Size: 19″ x 24″
9 color serigraph print released in 2000.
Blue Seascape
Print Number: Limited Edition (200), Artist Proof (30)
Size: 18″ x 14″
7 color serigraph print released in 2000.
Birdnik’s Table
Print Number: Limited Edition (299), Artist Proof (10)
Size: 17″ x 24″
5 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Bad Liver/Black Lung
Print Number: Limited Edition (250), Artist Proof (35)
Size: 12″ x 10″ (each)
10 color serigraph print released in 2002.
Cocktail Delivery
Print Number: Limited Edition (300), Artist Proof (45)
Size: 23″ x 28″
4 color serigraph print released in 2002.
Dangerous Women
Print Number: Limited Edition (200), Artist Proof (30)
Size: 27″ x 18″
6 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Effects of Space Radiation on Man-In-The-Moon Marriages
Print Number: Limited Edition (250), Artist Proof (35)
Size: 21″ x 30″
14 color serigraph print released in 2002.
Wives With Knives
Print Number: Limited Edition (300), Artist Proof (40)
Size: 23″ x 40″
15 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Bird Chair
Print Number: Limited Edition (200), Artist Proof (25)
Size: 18″ x 14″
7 color serigraph print released in 2000.
Yanomami Hunter
Print Number: Limited Edition (150), Artist Proof (15), Printer Proof (3)
Size: 16″ x 32″
9 color serigraph print released in 2000.
Wages of Sin
Print Number: Limited Edition (300), Artist Proof (40)
Size: 24″ x 36″
11 color serigraph print released in 2002.
The Apocalypse Has Been Postponed
Print Number: Limited Edition (300), Artist Proof (40)
Size: 24″ x 36″
11 color serigraph print released in 2002.
Undertaker’s Wrong Turn
Print Number: Limited Edition (250), Artist Proof (35)
Size: 14″ x 20″
8 color serigraph print released in 2001.
The Sky Lounge
Print Number: Limited Edition (200), Artist Proof (30)
Size: 19″ x 40
12 color serigraph print released in 2001.
The Pickup
Print Number: Limited Edition (300), Artist Proof (45)
Size: 8″ x 8″
11 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Midnight Drive
Print Number: Limited Edition (250), Artist Proof (35)
Size: 14″ x 20″
8 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Leeteg Tribute
Print Number: Limited Edition (299), Artist Proof (15), Printer Proof (15)
Size: 18″ x 23″
5 color serigraph print released in 199.
Vice Monkeys
Print Number: Limited Edition (200), Artist Proof (30)
Size: 18″ x 10″
6 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Calypso Hanging 1 & 2
Print Number: Limited Edition (250), Artist Proof (35)
Size: 25″ x 11″ (each)
10 color serigraph print released in 2002.
The Sun Also Rises
Print Number: Limited Edition (250), Artist Proof (35)
Size: 20″ x 24″
12 color serigraph print released in 2002.
Roma Adventure
Print Number: Limited Edition (250), Artist Proof (25)
Size: 23″ x 19″
12 color serigraph print released in 2002.
Mr. X’s Valet
Print Number: Limited Edition (299), Artist Proof (6)
Size: 17″ x 24″
5 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Kind of Blue
Print Number: Limited Edition (250), Artist Proof (35)
Size: 18″ x 25″
10 color serigraph print released in 2002.
Heavenly Host
Print Number: Limited Edition (350), Artist Proof (40)
Size: 20″ x 24″
5 color serigraph print released in 2000.
Idol Conversation
Print Number: Limited Edition (150), Artist Proof (25)
Size: 20″ x 31″
11 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Inside The Volcano
Print Number: Limited Edition (150), Artist Proof (30)
Size: 27″ x 22″
8 color serigraph print released in 2001.
Sylvie Et Jules
Print Number: Limited Edition (100), Artist Proof (15)
Size: 18″ x 24″
10 color serigraph print released in 2000.
Game of Life
Print Number: Limited Edition (100), Artist Proof (15), Printer Proof (5)
Size: 15″ x 25″
10 color serigraph print released in 2002.
The Coolest Ghouls
Print Number: Limited Edition (200), Artist Proof (35)
Size: 29″ x 19″
7 color serigraph print released in 2001.
J is for Jetsetter (Alphabet)
Print Number: Limited Edition (350), Artist Proof (50)
Size: 12″ x 14″
9 color serigraph print released in 2009.
Woman on Tiki
Print Number: Limited Edition (250), Artist Proof (35)
Size: 26″ x 11″
9 color serigraph print released in 2002.
Tryptich – Departure: Idlewild, Stopover: Borneo, Arrival: Ape City
Print Number: Limited Edition (150), Artist Proof (25)
Size: 15″ x 39″
Offset lithograph released in 1999.
Minotaur, Steadfast and Persistent
Print Number: Limited Edition (200), Artist Proof (25)
Size: 18″ x 26″
6 color serigraph print released in 2000.

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