10w-30 (baseball player)
Perry Vasquez
United States, born 1959
10w-30 (baseball player),
1993
recycled motor oil on paper
22 x 30 in
Museum purchase,
Elizabeth W. Russell Foundation Fund
2002.22
© Museum of Contemporary Art
San Diego
When In Time
1955
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Elvis Presley becomes the first "rock star"
1959
Perry Vasquez is born in
the
United States
1964
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin
1975
Desktop computer invented
1987
Vasquez moves to San Diego
1993
10w-30 (baseball player) was
made
1997
First Harry Potter book
Who What Where When Why
Who is the
artist?
Perry Vasquez
What is
the name of the artwork?
10w-30 (baseball player)
What materials
were used?
Recycled motor oil on paper
Where is
the artist from?
United States
When was
the artwork made?
1993
Who?
Perry Vasquez was born in 1959 in the United States.
After he graduated from the Academy of Arts in San Francisco, he moved
to San Diego in 1987. In San Diego, he has taught art and graphic design
at several universities. Vasquez also opened a gallery in San Diego,
called ICE Gallery. This is a place where local San Diego artists can
show their work. Most of Vasquez’s art work has Mexican and American imagery,
like a baseball player.
Why?
10w-30 (baseball player) is made with
motor oil that was actually used in a car. Vasquez is well-known for
his technique of using recycled motor oil, which he calls motography.
Motography is a kind of printmaking. In motography,
the image is painted onto a surface with the recycled motor oil;
then a copy
of the painting is transferred onto paper by imprinting.
Vasquez likes to use recycled motor oil instead of pure motor oil
because
recycled motor oil has mud and dirt from the car’s engine. This
means that the print has
higher contrast. Vasquez likes to surprising objects
in his work. This print shows a baseball player with a screw in the
side
of his stomach.
Vasquez, like many artists, uses his artwork to talk about issues
that are
important to them. What issue do you think Vasquez is trying to tell
his
audience in this print? If you were to create a piece of artwork,
what important
issue would you talk about?
Do you think Vasquez believes that it is important to recycle? What
makes
you think that?
Glossary Terms
Contrast – The degree of
difference between a light and dark color.
Imagery – Language or images that suggests how
someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes.
Imprinting – To mark by using pressure.
Motography – A type of printmaking where the
image is painted onto a surface with the recycled motor oil and then
transferred onto a piece of paper.
Print - A picture, copy, or design made by
printing.
Printmaking – An art technique where artists can
create more than one piece of artwork using one image.
