Night of the Tiki Exhibition

The Night of the Tiki exhibition ran at the Copro/Nason Gallery in Culver City, California from July 12^th to November 1^st (extended from September 14^th) 2001. The Night of the Tiki: The Art of Shag, Schmaltz and Selected Oceanic Carvings exhibition included fifteen new paintings by Josh Agle and a book that acted as a catalog of the show.

The fifteen new original acrylic and vinyl paint on wooden panel paintings were as follows:

The Bodyguard (14″ x 20″)

Birdnik’s Table (14″ x 20″)

The Suave Wolf (14″ x 20″)

Mr. X’s Valet (14″ x 20″)

The Mournful Ukelele (14″ x 20″)

Three Wahines (14″ x 20″)

Princess Pineapple (14″ x 20″)

Signs Point To Yes (14″ x 22″)

The Little Inferno (14″ x 20″)

Cat Serenade (14″ x 20″)

Death’s Unending Vacation (14″ x 20″)

The Virile Bull (14″ x 20″)

The Broken Bottle (14″ x 20″)

The Incredible Bartender (14″ x 20″)

Kava Kava Man (14″ x 20″)

The Night Of The Tiki: The Art of Shag, Schmaltz, and Selected Primitive Oceanic Carvings book was produced by Last Gasp to act as a catalog for the exhibition. The one hundred page book was produced in a hardback limited edition of 300 copies including signatures from Douglas A Nason, Shag and Leroy Schmaltz. Hardback and softback versions were later available for $49.95 and $24.95 respectively. A signed show card for the book is shown bottom right.