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1969-2007
CSRC.0095
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Title: Gronk Papers
Identifier/Call Number: CSRC.0095
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
22.8 linear feet
(50 boxes, 2 flat boxes, 2 oversize flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1969-2007
Abstract: The Gronk Papers include a diverse range of materials that span the entirety of Gronk's career, from approximately 1969 to
2007. These include materials related to his work with Asco, his collaborative works and correspondence with artist Jerry
Dreva, documentation of the artist's exhibitions, photographic materials (slides, transparencies and prints), thousands of
original drawings and watercolors (both loose and in sketchbooks), materials related to his production designs for theater,
correspondence and mail art, press clippings and realia and artwork collected by the artist.
Physical location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies
Research Center Library and Archive for paging information.
Creator:
Nicandro, Glugio (Gronk) 1954 -
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies
Research Center Library and Archive for paging information.
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish must be
submitted in writing to the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Identification of item], The Gronk Papers, 95, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.
Gift of Gronk. Deed of gift on file with the CSRC Archive office.
Born in Los Angeles in 1954, Gronk began his artistic career at a young age by organizing performance pieces with a group
of collaborators that included Robert "Cyclona" Legorreta and Mundo Meza. In the early 1970s, he co-founded the art collective
Asco, along with Harry Gamboa Jr., Willie Herrón and Patssi Valdez. Through their public, guerilla art interventions and conceptual
practices like "No Movies," the group constituted a unique tendency within the Chicano art movement, while it also actively
engaged prevalent avant-garde movements. During his tenure with Asco, Gronk also developed his career as an individual artist
working in a diverse range of media: murals, canvas painting, drawing, live performance, mail art, printmaking and photography.
By 1985, Gronk had secured representation with the Daniel Saxon Gallery and embarked upon a successful career as an exhibiting
artist. He quickly became one of the most prominent Chicano painters in the United States, and was featured in many of the
major exhibitions featuring Latino and/or Hispanic art over the course of the next two decades. Throughout his career, however,
Gronk has remained a uniquely multi-faceted artist, and has recently completed large-scale installation paintings, critically
acclaimed set designs for theater and opera productions, and a digital animation short.
The Gronk Papers include a diverse range of materials that span the entirety of Gronk's career, from approximately 1969 to
2007. These include materials related to his work with Asco (including members Patssi Valdez, Harry Gamboa, and Robert Legorreta),
his collaborative works and correspondence with artist Jerry Dreva, documentation of the artist's exhibitions, photographic
materials (slides, transparencies and prints), thousands of original drawings and watercolors (both loose and in sketchbooks),
materials related to his production designs for theater, correspondence and mail art, press clippings and realia, and artwork
collected by the artist.
The collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series 1. Sketches and sketchbooks
- Series 2. Photographs and photographic materials
- Series 3. Paintings, crayon, pastel, and other media
- Series 4. Ephemera / Realia
- Series 5. Three-dimensional objects
- Series 6. Collage / Montage
- Series 7. Correspondence
- Series 8. Printed material
- Series 9. Clippings
- Series 10. Audio materials
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nicandro, Glugio (Gronk) 1954 - -- Archives
Artists, Chicano--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Asco (Group of artists)
Dreva, Jerry
Gamboa, Harry
Legorreta, Robert
Valdez, Patssi