Cal Tabuena-Frolli

Imperial Cycle 01 and Imperial Cycle 02

Crushed cochineal and charcoal on paper | 26 x 40 in. each | 2019

Transitional Neighborhood | Serigraph | 33 x 22 in. | 2019

American History 01 | Serigraph | 28 x 19 in. | 2018

The Home | Serigraph | 32 x 24 in. | 2018

“ I got a 5 on the A.P. U.S. History Test ” | Serigraph | 28 x 19 in. | 2018

How & Why
Who Knows What
When & Where

A series of 8 documentary prints

Serigraph | each print an edition of 27 | 2018

PROCESS

01 — Source photos taken January and February 2018
in Jefferson Park / West Adams

02 — Miniature pencil mockups

03 — Full-size gouache mockups

04 — Subjects researched, transcribed and laid out

05 — Transparencies painted and proofed

06 — Printing started and finished 2018.12

07 — Auxiliary video pieces were made for SP002,
SP003, SP004, SP005 and SP006 in 2020

SP002 — 27 Gay People Outed in the Press

Serigraph | 19 x 21 in. | back of print

A document of 27 people whose sexuality was announced or addressed by public discourse

SP003 — 2X YXXXX oX CXXXXXXX

Serigraph | 22 x 24 in. | back of print

A document tallying the financial misdeeds of public officials from 1991 - 2018

SP004 — Amazon’s Rape

Serigraph | 28 x 26 in. | back of print below

A document listing at least 210 sub-organizations within Amazon Inc.

SP005 — I, Kanye

Serigraph | 40 x 26 in. | back of print below

A document comparing two sides of Ye’s public persona

SP006 — The Citizen Virtual Patrol, Newark NJ

Serigraph | 28 x 22 in. | back of print below

A map of the police camera locations in Newark available for public viewing

SP007 — The Beginning and End of Rachel Dolezal

Serigraph | 21 x 18 in. | back of print

A document of a racially-complex public persona

SP008 — Patriots

Serigraph | 26 x 37 in. | back of print

A document of the Russian media tactics behind the poisoning of Sergei Skripal

SP009 — The First Wave of Imperialism is Art

Serigraph | 30 x 36 in. | back of print

A map and digest linking L.A.’s gentrification with the colonization of the Americas

Death Resolves Life | Stain on paper | 23 x 35 in. each | 2018

Life Resolves Death | Stain on paper | 23 x 35 in. each | 2018

Cleaning Process Monotype Series | Ink and soap on paper | 23 x 35 in. each | detail below | 2018

Miscommunication | Set of 5 pieces | Letraset on paper | 2018

Jessie | 18 x 22 in.

Melissa | 15 x 20 in.

Sophie | 17 x 23 in.

Audrey | 17 x 23 in.