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Chicano Studies Research Center

Gronk: Paper Napkins

UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library
144 Haines Hall

In 2007, the artist Gronk donated his personal archive of papers, photos, and ephemera to the CSRC Library. Among these items is a vast collection of casual sketches made on paper napkins. For this exhibition, a selection of the sketches were placed our new vitrine gallery space outside the library and Gronk’s documentary film No Movie: A Journey through the Archives of a Man Named Gronk (2005), distributed by the CSRC, played in the same display case.

Black, red, and white drawings on three paper napkins, each with human-like figures, dots, symbols, and abstract designs.
Black and white drawing of a person wearing a decorated hat, with a smaller figure standing behind them.
Black and white abstract drawing with overlapping faces, figures, patterns, and geometric shapes.