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3' X 3' limited edition 19/50 serigraph titled "Fear No Art" by artist Andre Miripolsky. Andre Miripolsky's original "Fear No Art" image is dry-mounted onto archival quality foam core, and ready for framing.

Artist Bio:

Andre is "uncle" to a Farragut first grader!

Currently Andre is focusing his talents on a public art installation with the City of Los Angeles for downtown Los Angeles. The art installation, titled "L.A. Historama", is a massive illuminated mural made of stained glass. It will be the largest stained glass mural installation in the United States (2,000 square feet, 12 tons).

The "L.A. Historama" will be a "vibrant illustrated history of the past, present, and future Los Angeles". -Andre Miripolsky on "L.A. Historama"

Past projects and colaborations:

The artist completed the "Monterey Historama" for the Museum of Monterey (MOM). This large site-specific public art piece depicts the "various aspects of the Monterey region's past and present, ranging from the sea otters and sardines, to hsitoric, golf, cars, festivals and agriculture." -Monterey History and Art Association

"Andre Miripolsky's keen understanding of pop imagery and energy has resulted in collaborations with Elton John (famous Central Park "Piano Key" costume and 1997 stage acts for his "Tonight Show" appearance), Bette Midler (album package/visual design for her worldwide "DeTour"), Quincy Jones, Rolling Stones, Gato Barbieri, robin Williams, Beastie Boys, Cheap Trick, MTV and "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno.

Commissioned by MTV's "Rock and Jock B-Ball Jam," Miripolsky made basketball history by painting a mural directly on UCLA's center basketball court at Pauley Pavillion.

From 1997 - 2004, Miripolsky was commissioned by NBC's "The Tonight Show" to create and paint a considerable collection of huge scenic paintings and floors for the guest bands' segment of the show. This was the first time in the over 50 year history of "The Tonight Show" that NBC commissioned an outside visual artist to create original scenic art of this scale.

An "Absolut Artist of the '90s," Miripolsky created his inaugural Absolut Vodka ad in 1991. Since then he has been involved with several successful campaigns for this company.

In 1998, Miripolsky combined his ecological commitment with his graphic vision when he created the visual look for ElectroBike, an American electric bicycle manufacturer.

He continued to have one man art shows throughout the '80s and '90s. In the Spring of 2000, Miripolsky was invited to have a 25 year career retrospective showing at the Vincent Price Gallery at East Los Angeles College. Included were choice examples of his various creative directions spanning three decades, all represented in a full-color oversized catalog produced with state of the art printing technologies.

In 2002 and continuing through 2007, Miripolsky collaborated with the multinational Terumo Medical corporation, the world's largest blood products manufacturer. He was asked to take the shape of their blood collection bag and graphically give it his unique touch.

Starting in 2004 and continuing into 2005, Miripolsky was asked to rebrand the look and identity for the Jewish Chabad's "L'Chaim To Life" internationally broadcast telethon. Not only did he introduce color, but it was day glo with blacklight.

In 2005, Miripolsky was asked by the famous toy company Mattel if he would lend his unique approach in creating a one-of-a-kind "Art Barbie."

In conjunction with the revolutionary redevelopment of Downtown Los Angeles, Andre Miripolsky was commissioned in 2005 by the Central City Association of L.A. to create a large 3-D wall sculpture depicting his vision of the exploding Downtown L.A. skyline. This image, coupled with his phrase "Viva L.A." has blossomed to much acclaim and is very well on its way in the branding of the new and improved Downtown L.A.

In 2006, attracted by the "ViVA L.A." imprint, Bentley Prince Street, one of the USA's premiere carpet manufacturers licensed the phrase "ViVA L.A." and partnered with Miripolsky to create and produce an innovative line of both broadloom and carpet tile under the "ViVA L.A." banner.

Continuing his long-time vital collaborations with ever-widening musical idioms, Miripolsky in 2007 created a performance art piece for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. In exactly 36 minutes, Miripolsky painted a 7 ft. x 24 ft. image depicting his interpretation of Maurice Ravel's "Mother Goose Ballet" surrounded by the overwhelming sound of an 87-piece orchestra.

Born in Paris, Miripolsky's father was Cultural Advisor for the American Foreign Service and also an artist. The family lived in a series of exotic landscapes including Iran, Thailand, Austria, France, Indonesia and Korea. Miripolsky was immersed and surrounded by art since his youth. By age eight he was working with oils and by age ten he sold his first painting to the American Ambassador of Indonesia. After graduating High School in Seoul, Korea, he headed to the California Institute of the Arts. The artist left after two years to pursue a classical acting career before finally centering his creative axis around the canvas and all things visual" -www.miripolsky.com