:Anthony Ausgang

{{Short description|American painter}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Anthony Ausgang.jpg

| caption = Ausgang in 2017

| birth_name = Anthony Charles Grant Thompson

| birth_place = Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|22}}

| known_for = Art

| movement = Lowbrow

| website = {{URL|ausgangart.com}}

}}

Anthony Ausgang (born Anthony Charles Grant Thompson, May 22, 1959) is an artist and writer born in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago{{Cite web |url=http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/landofsunshine/arrival-stories/anthony-ausgang-los-angeles-is-paradise-right.html |title=KCET interview |access-date=2013-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916004438/http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/landofsunshine/arrival-stories/anthony-ausgang-los-angeles-is-paradise-right.html |archive-date=2012-09-16 |url-status=dead }} in 1959 who lives and works in Los Angeles.Vacation from Reality: The Art of Anthony Ausgang ({{ISBN|978-0-9766-3250-4}}) Ausgang is a principal painter associated with the lowbrow art movement,Pop Surrealism by Kirsten Anderson ({{ISBN|978-0-8671-9618-4}})[http://hypebeast.com/2010/2/anthony-ausgang-mgmt-congratulations-album-cover Hypebeast: Ausgang interview]{{Cite web |url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/juxtapoz-15th-anniversary-art-auction-anthony-ausgang |title=Juxtapoz magazine: Ausgang interview |access-date=2013-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531054707/http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/juxtapoz-15th-anniversary-art-auction-anthony-ausgang |archive-date=2015-05-31 |url-status=dead }} one of "the first major wave of lowbrow artists" to show in Los Angeles in the early 1980s.[http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/weirdo-deluxe.html Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism & Lowbrow Art] by Matt Dukes Jordan ({{ISBN|978-0-8118-4241-9}}) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117191406/http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/weirdo-deluxe.html |date=January 17, 2014 }} The protagonists of his paintings are cats[http://folioweekly.com/Cat-Power,120 Florida Folio Weekly: Ausgang interview] -- "psychedelic, wide eyed, with a kind of evil look in their eyes".2012 Fender Guitar exhibition catalogue, page 60, for the show "Rewind: 50 Years of Fender in Italy"

==Biography==

He was schooled at the Otis Art Institute[https://archive.today/20130409235557/https://intranet.otis.edu/alumni/notes/2005-09.htm Otis Parsons alumni news] in Los Angeles. In 1990, Ausgang had his first solo show at the 01 Gallery in Hollywood.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-20-ca-1338-story.html Los Angeles Times: Ausgang 1990 art review] Among the places he has exhibited are: La Luz de Jesus, The Laguna Art Museum's "Kustom Kulture" show, Kantor Gallery. Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Roq La Rue Gallery, LA Municipal Gallery, and Copro Gallery.{{Cite web |url=http://www.coagula.com/blog/index.php?s=anthony+ausgang |title=Coagula Art Journal |access-date=2013-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034759/http://www.coagula.com/blog/index.php?s=anthony+ausgang |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.copronason.com/prAusgang.html Copro Gallery press release] In 2009, Ausgang's work was included in the exhibition Apocalypse Wow! at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome in Italy,[https://web.archive.org/web/20120707025952/http://www.urbanpainting.info/2009/11/apocalypse-wow-pop-surr.html Urban Painting Gallery] and in late 2012, Ausgang was the featured international artist at the Rewind show in Bologna celebrating the 50th anniversary of Fender guitar in Italy.[http://www.museomusicabologna.it/rewindpercorso.htm Museo Musica Bologna: Fender 50th Anniversary Show]

File:MGMT - Congratulations.png (2010) cover art by Anthony Ausgang]]

By 1993, Ausgang's artistic production consisted of customized cars,[http://ausgangart.com/oldschool/musuem_frame.html Ausgang official website: Custom Cars] original acrylic paintings, and commercial merchandise,LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles by Chris Kraus, Ariana Fox ({{ISBN|978-1-9047-7230-9}}) including clothing,[https://www.amazon.com/Volcom-Boys-Anthony-Ausgang-Boardshort/dp/B007EN8RU6 Ausgang shorts on Amazon] puzzles,[https://archive.today/20130412004340/http://tottglobal.com/products/puzzle_ausgang_web/ Ausgang puzzle at ToTT Global] toys,[http://www.vinyl-creep.net/Anthony_Ausgang Ausgang on Vinyl Creep] lighters,[http://ausgangart.com/oldschool/merchandise_frame.html Ausgang official website: zippo lighters]

and posters.[http://ausgangart.com/oldschool/musuem_frame.html Ausgang official website: Commercial Art] Laguna Art Museum commissioned Ausgang to design a hole for a miniature golf course exhibit at South Coast Plaza in 1996.[http://ausgangart.com/oldschool/musuem_frame.html Ausgang official website: special projects] As a "successful artist who appears in several magazines and exhibitions a year", Ausgang also boasts an impressive list of commercial clients including Tower Records, MTV, Sony Music and David Lee Roth.[http://www.gingkopress.com/ima/morning-wood_i1.html Morning Wood] by Roger Gastman ({{ISBN|978-1-58423-159-2}}) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213033753/http://www.gingkopress.com/ima/morning-wood_i1.html |date=December 13, 2011 }} In 2003, Ausgang designed the cover for Dude Descending a Staircase, the fourth studio album by the British band Apollo 440.

In 2010, Ausgang did the cover art for MGMT's second studio album Congratulations,[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mgmt-reveal-eye-popping-congratulations-cover-art-20100217 Rolling Stone: Ausgang article][http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Anthony-Ausgang-s-work-for-MGMT-shows-bond-1695852.php The Houston Chronicle: Ausgang interview][http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-derrick/congratulations-ausgangs_b_470825.html The Huffington Post article][http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/anthony-ausgangs-mgm.html Boing Boing: Ausgang interview] "an eye grabbing illustration that could easily been found on a Grateful Dead release circa 1974"[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/arts/music/as-record-sales-shrink-so-does-album-cover-art.html?pagewanted=all The New York Times: The Incredible, Inevitable Shrinking Album Cover by David Browne] which was nominated by NME for the Best Art Vinyl of 2010.[http://www.bestartvinyl.com/previous-winners/2010.html Best Art Vinyl 2010 nominees] In 2011, Ausgang designed the Christmas windows for the La Rinascente Department Store in Milan with larger-than-life three-dimensional models of his trademark psychedelic cartoon cats.[http://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/art-photo-design/2011/12/ausgang-rinascente-milan Italian Vogue: Ausgang at La Rinascente]

KeroseneBomb published Ausgang's first fiction book The Sleep of Puss Titter: A Lysenkoist Life in the Random-Word Generation in 2011.[http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2011/06/07/anthony-ausgangs-new-book-the-sleep-of-puss-titter/ The Fox Is Black book review] "Vacation from Reality" is the anthology of his major artworks up to 2007. His artwork is featured in several anthologies, including Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism & Lowbrow Art by Matt Dukes Jordan and Pop Surrealism by Kirsten Anderson. LA Weekly magazine commissioned a painting by Ausgang for their annual "Best Of ... " special issue in 2000.[http://www.behance.net/gallery/LA-Weekly-Covers-by-Bill-Smith/5043223 LA Weekly covers] In 2011, Anthony Ausgang received the lifetime achievement award at Beyond Eden's annual art fair at Barnsdall Art Park.[http://arrestedmotion.com/2011/10/beyond-eden-2011-overview/ Beyond Eden lifetime achievement award][http://www.laweekly.com/2011-09-22/calendar/urban-art-in-paradise/ LA Weekly article]