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California -based Jim Shaw has created over one hundred 17 x 14 inch works in his ongoing series, My Mirage. This body of work chronicles the life of a fictitious character named Billy. Through these works, we see Billy's youthful traumas and joys, complete with tales of addiction, sex, betrayal, and finally redemption. His sources of imagery are often 1960s popular culture. These works draw from imagery created by a 1960 French greeting card designer.
Source: DMAC NEWS January February 2001
DimensionsFrame: 17 1/4 × 14 1/4 × 3/4 in. (43.8 × 36.2 × 1.9 cm)
Image (visual): 16 5/8 × 13 1/2 in. (42.2 × 34.3 cm)
Image (visual): 16 5/8 × 13 1/2 in. (42.2 × 34.3 cm)
Accession Number 2000.20
Classificationswork on paper
SignedJim Shaw '91 (signed verso l,r)
Portfolio/Series"My Mirage" series
ProvenanceArtist. Hudson (Feature Gallery), New York; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2000]
Tan Lejos de Dios; Tan Cercas de los Estados Unidos (So Far from God; So Close to the United States)
Luis Alfonso Jimenez
2001
