LABC Presents: Aspirational LA | The Art of Shag

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: Southern California artist Shag (aka Josh Agle) talks about how Los Angeles has influenced the themes and visuals of his paintings and prints. From his early gallery shows at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Hollywood to his inclusion in the permanent collection of LACMA, the city of LA has been a major part of Shag’s career as an artist.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Shag is a painter, designer and illustrator working in Southern California. His distinctive artistic style draws from commercial illustration from the past five decades, but the work is imbued with an attitude and sly sense of humor which is unmistakably of our time. Solo exhibitions of Shag's work have been held in the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia and South America.

The paintings themselves celebrate consumerism and consumption on vividly colored sharply rendered panels; the characters drink, smoke and eat in lavish, stylish surroundings.…