Lush Life: Recent and Rare Prints by Shag - MELBOURNE

Shag
Outré Gallery Fitzroy
20 June - 13 July 2025

Opening Night
6–8pm on Friday, 20 June 2025
319 Smith Street, Fitzroy
Drinks provided by Range Life Wine & Bodriggy Brewing Co.

Book Signing
12-1pm on Saturday, 21 June 2025

RSVP here for the opening event and meet and greet: https://forms.gle/KLEzeTqCSRT7Mbim6

Josh Agle, also known as Shag (a contraction of the last two letters of his first name and the first two letters of his last) is a painter, designer and illustrator working in Southern California.

Shag’s works are visually influenced by avant-garde animation from the mid-20th century as well as generic advertising art of the same era, imbued with a contemporary attitude and sly sense of humour. The artworks celebrate consumerism and consumption on vividly coloured and sharply rendered panels, with characters socialising in stylish surroundings; however, Shag sees the visuals of his work as window-dressing or stage scenery. He's more concerned with the themes and narratives in the artworks, and the meanings a viewer might find when they look at a piece of Shag art.

Outré Gallery has been proudly representing Shag almost thirty years, and he has visited Australia numerous times exhibiting with us. We have published a number of Shag book titles and print editions over the years, including his first book Supersonic Swingers (2000).

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• This month, 27th June, 05:00 pm, Lush Life: Recent and Rare Prints by Shag - SYDNEY in Alexandria

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