New Print: Medusa and Rangda

Medusa & Rangda | Ravi Zupa

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading] New Print: Medusa and Rangda [/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”90″ position_horizontal=”left” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This print depicts two very similar characters from very different cultures: Greece’s Medusa and Bali’s Rangda. It is available as a 1- or 2-color print. The words for this print are from a chapter in […]

Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” and Pieter Bruegel’s “The Fight Between Carnival and Lent”

Always Do The Right Thing - Ravi Zupa Essays

[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”2″ medium_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading] ESSAYS [/vc_custom_heading][vc_separator sep_color=”color-467837″ el_height=”2px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image media=”3512″ media_width_percent=”100″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]SPIKE LEE’S DO THE RIGHT THING AND PIETER BRUEGEL’S THE FIGHT BETWEEN CARNIVAL AND LENT The immediate similarities of these two pieces are in their superficial elements, the everydayness and poverty of the setting, the brightness of so […]

2019 Tattoo Gratitude Project

Tattoo Gratitude | Ravi Zupa

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading] 2019 Tattoo Gratitude Project [/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”90″ position_horizontal=”left” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]To demonstrate gratitude for adorning your bodies with my art, I’ve released a special timed edition poster for 2019. This specially designed poster is available ONLY to those who have given or received a tattoo featuring […]

“Good Kid Maad City” and “The Wall”

Good Kid and The Wall - Ravi Zupa

[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading] ESSAYS [/vc_custom_heading][vc_separator sep_color=”color-467837″ el_height=”2px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image media=”3468″ media_width_percent=”100″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]GOOD KID MAAD CITY AND THE WALL Each of these pieces is an album with a narrative so concise that it seems more appropriate to refer to them as novels rather than albums. However, the unique mastery of […]

“Don Quixote” and “2001: A Space Odyssey”

[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”2″ medium_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading] ESSAYS [/vc_custom_heading][vc_separator sep_color=”color-467837″ el_height=”2px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image media=”3378″ media_width_percent=”100″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]DON QUIXOTE AND 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY The evolution of history is not simply the passing of days and years, rather it is the advancement of technology. This is the best measure by which we can differentiate history from modernity. […]