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Bombs Not Bread - Silkscreen print by Mark Vallen

Bombs Not Bread - Silkscreen print 14" x 20" $25.00
Printed in 1983, the posters depict a military "calaca" - Mexican/Chicano slang for skeleton - along with text that serves as a mocking inversion of the peace movement's slogan, "Bread Not Bombs". Orignially a street poster, the print was included in the 1984 traveling antiwar exhibit, End of the Rainbow, organized by the Los Angeles based performance art group, Sisters of Survival (S.O.S.). The show toured the U.S. and Europe and included works by artists Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, Jerry Kearns, and Judy Baca.

Each print is hand-signed and numbered by the artist.

Dia de los Muertos - Silkscreen print by Mark Vallen
Dia de los Muertos - Silkscreen print by Mark Vallen

Dia de los Muertos - Silkscreen print 15" x 19" $150.00
Only 25 of these vibrant five color silkscreen prints were made in 1987. The artist hand-painted the image directly on the screen with glue, then printed the design using Day-glo inks. Each print is hand-signed and numbered by the artist.

Day of the Dead - Monoprint by Mark Vallen
Day of the Dead - Monoprint by Mark Vallen

Calaca (Skull) - Monoprint 6" x 8" $50.00
Vallen created these multicolored monoprints for Day of the Dead in 2002. The artist hand-painted the image directly on a sheet of glass with oil paints. A piece of paper was then laid over the painting and gently burnished. Removing the paper revealed a perfect "mirror image" print. No two monoprints are alike! Each print is hand-signed and dated by the artist. When ordering, state your preference for a hot or cool color scheme.

Free South Africa - Silkscreen print by Mark Vallen
Free South Africa - Silkscreen print by Mark Vallen

Free South Africa - Silkscreen print 17" x 21" $100.00
Vallen's 1985 print played a historic role in the movement to liberate South Africa from white racist rule. The poster was included in The Path of Resistance, an exhibition of contemporary protest art held at New York City's Museum of Modern Art in 2000, and it also appeared in the film, The Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith.

There Goes My Career! - Silkscreen print by Mark Vallen
There Goes My Career! - Silkscreen print by Mark Vallen

Nuclear War?!... There Goes My Career! 15" x 16" $100.00
Vallen's 1980 print appeared as a cover of the L.A. Weekly. The print was also included in The Path of Resistance, an exhibition of contemporary protest art held at New York City's Museum of Modern Art in 2000.

Giclée Prints

  • All Giclée prints are hand signed by the artist. Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay"), is a French word that refers to the spraying of ink. Giclée printing provides rich saturated color and incredible detail. The prints offered here were created with archival inks on high quality fine art paper (Arches, Cold Press). Vallen's limited edition prints were published by the master printers at Opus Editions. Each artwork is suitable for framing.
  • African American

    Giclée Print - 11" x 14" $100.00 -This Giclée print is an exact reproduction of Vallen's oil painting on wood panel.

    My Nature is Hunger
    Giclée Prints in your choice of sizes - Vallen created the oil painting, My Nature is Hunger, as the cover art for author Luis J. Rodriguez's book of poetry. Available as a large or small print.
    20" x 26" Print $300.00
    10" x 13" Print $100
    Giclée Prints: Punk Series
  • All prints are hand signed by the artist. Each historic artwork is suitable for framing and represents punk as it first appeared in L.A. during the late 1970s.
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    Suzy

    Giclée Print - 16" x 26" $300.00 - In 1980 Vallen created this portrait of Hollywood denizen, Suzy Gardner, during the heyday of the hardcore L.A. punk scene.

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    Haunt You

    Giclée Print - 10" x 14" $200.00 - In 1980 Vallen created this cover artwork for SLASH Magazine, the premiere punk rock publication on the West coast. It proved to be the magazine's very last edition.

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    The Bags

    Giclée Print - 22 " x 30" $300.00 - Vallen's portrait of Alice & Pat of the notorious BAGS, one of L.A.'s original 1977 punk bands.

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    Screamer

    Giclée Print - 15 " x 18" $200.00 - Vallen's portrait of Tommy Gear from L.A.'s aggressive techno-punk band, The Screamers. Iggy Pop once proclaimed them "the future of music."

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    Sue Tissue

    Giclée Print - 10" x 14" $200.00 - Vallen's portrait of Sue Tissue from the punk-pop outfit, The Surburban Lawns. Vallen's artwork appeared as a cover for a 1979 edition of SLASH Magazine.

    Signed and Numbered Lithographs and Etchings
  • All prints are printed on acid free, off white deckle edged Arches paper.
  • Each print is hand signed and numbered by the artist.
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    America Novia Mia

    Lithograph 21" x 29" $300.00 - Vallen's lithograph is a tribute to the dispossessed and impoverished people of the Americas. Only a few of these hand-signed and numbered prints are available

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    No Human Being
    is Illegal

    SOLD OUT - Etching 9.5" x 22" $100.00 - Originally created in 1988, Vallen's No Human Being is Illegal continues to be relevent.

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    El Salvador Presente

    Lithograph 14" x 18" $200.00 - Vallen's 1994 lithograph is dedicated to the Salvadoran people and their struggles for peace and justice.

    Signed Silk-screen Prints
  • All silkscreen prints are hand signed by the artist.
  • Guatemalan Woman

    Silkscreen Print 14" x 25" $100.00 - Vallen's 1984 print is of a typical indigenous woman of the Guatemalan highlands.

    Future?!

    Whatever Happened to the Future?!
    Silkscreen print
    15" x 16" $100.00
    Vallen's 1980 print appeared as a cover of the L.A. Weekly at a time when people thought war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was imminent.

    New World Odor

    Silkscreen Print 15" x 16" $100.00 - Vallen's 1991 print, New World Odor, was part of the Just Another Poster? - Chicano Graphic Arts in California exhibit organized by the University Art Museum of UC Santa Barbara. A politicized Dia de los Muertos artwork in a time of war.

    No Mas Guerra

    SOLD OUT - Silkscreen Print 23" x 29"
    Vallen's 1983 print, No Mas Guerra - No More War.

    Sabra

    Signed Silkscreen 22" x 30" $50.00 - Vallen's 1983 print was created in the aftermath of the massacre of over 1,000 Palestinian civilians at the Sabra refugee camp during the 1982 war in Lebanon.

    No Pasaran

    Silkscreen Print 17" x 21" $50.00 - Vallen's 1984 print, No Pasaran (They Shall Not Pass,) was created in opposition to the U.S. war againt Nicaragua.

    Digital Prints and Posters
  • All digital prints and posters are suitable for framing.
  • Zapata's Revenge
    11" x 17" Digital Print $20.00
    Bells on her Cheeks
    11" x 17" Digital Print $20.00
    Aztec
    11" x 17" Digital Print $20.00
    Voices of Justice
    Offset Poster - 11" x 15" $20.00

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