The great artist and kook, Stanislav Szukalski will finally receive the honor he deserves. Twenty five of his sculptures, drawings, and sketches will be displayed at the Laguna Art Museum in a show which runs from November 5th, 2000 to January 7th, 2001. The Laguna Art Museum is located in Laguna Beach, California, a small beach town halfway between San Diego and Los Angeles. Though the Museum is neither large or located in a big city, Laguna Beach is an important "arts town" and the Laguna Beach Museum has a large scale local influence.
The show, titled "Struggle," after one of his most famous sculptures, which depicts a hand whose fingers each resemble a bird like creature, is the first major retrospective to take place after his death. The well known actor, Leonardo di Caprio, is donating $15,000 to the museum to aid in putting on the show.
Szukalsi is important to SubGeniuses because he coined the term "Yetisyny" (a term which he used negatively to describe the yeti descendants who, he claimed, acted against mankind) and because many of his weirder ideas were incorporated into the sacred books and mythos of "Bob's" mighty Church.
The museum's online catalog states the following:
Stanislav Szukalski
Organized by Laguna Art Museum
November 5, 2000-January 7, 2001.
Stanislav Szukalski was an artist, anthropologist, and
self-proclaimed genius who was hailed at one time as
Poland's greatest living artist. A member of Chicago's
cultural elite during the 1920s, Szukalski spent his
last years living in undeserved obscurity in suburban
Los Angeles until his death at age 93 in 1987. Today
Szukalski is remembered for his outlandish yet eloquently
spoken political and scientific views and his brilliant
sculptures. This retrospective of Szukalski's work
includes his major sculptures, drawings, and texts.
Those of you who would like to arrange a day trip to the Szukalski Exhibition may contact me at tungtung@pacbell.net. I have a seven passenger van and would love to take a road trip with my SubGenius brethren.
The museum's web site is:
http://www.lagunaartmuseum.org/index2.htm
Their address is:
Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach,
CA 92651
Their phone # is:
949.494.8971
If you happen to own any Szukalski art, I'm sure they would be happy to hear from you!!
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