Family Guy Art Show Opens in L.A.

Friday, October 17, 2008
By: Ryan Ball

Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising is opening a second exhibit featuring art inspired by the hit FOX animated series Family Guy. “Family Guy C.R.A.P. (A Collection of Rare Art Pieces): Another Collection of Interpretive Work Inspired by Family Guy,” opens at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles on Oct. 18. Featuring new pieces from more than 20 emerging artists, as well as production animation art, the exhibit will run through Oct 28.

Fox says it commissioned this series of original art as a celebration of the passion of Family Guy fans and the creative spirit embodied in the show. The artists, mostly involved in the lowbrow pop movement or pop surrealist movement popular in the alternative gallery scene of Southern California, were challenged to take the show's characters, design and sensibility as a starting point and let their imaginations run wild. The various artistic mediums represented include oil, acrylics and collage.

“If you're a fan of pop art or if you're a fan of Family Guy, this exhibit is sure to impress,” says Dan Shapiro, exec director of Fox Licensing. “It was such a success the first time we launched it and the demand was so high that we had to bring it back with all-new works from new artists."

The series’ second installment features art from current Family Guy artists including Bao Nguyen, Deborah Cone and Pete Michels, as well as emerging artists Anjel Shehigian, Karen Perotta and Dominic Polcino. All of the work showcased in the exhibit promises to deliver the same sly, subversive humor and celebration/skewering of pop culture that dominates the lowbrow art movement and the Family Guy series itself.

Reader Comments

• Anonymous :

  Saturday, October 18, 2008

  I love these! Who are artists that drew the Drunken Clam and the Stewie Devil?

• Chris Jackson : Art Director : Acme Archives Ltd

  Monday, October 20, 2008

  The Drunken Clam piece is called Clambake and is by Dave Perillo. The devil is called What the Devil? and is by Dan May. All of the pieces will be available as limited edition giclees at AcmeArchivesDirect.com sometime this week!