Finding Aid for the The
Gronk
Papers
1969-2007
CSRC.0095
Finding aid prepared by Processed by Colin Gunckel. Data cleanup by Doug Johnson, September, 2017.
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
193 Haines Hall
Box 951544
Los Angeles, CA., 90095-1544
310-825-2364
csrcinfo@chicano.ucla.edu
©2016
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.
Language of Materials note: Materials are in English and Spanish.
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 -
Access
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.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], The
Gronk
Papers, 95, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Gift of
Gronk
. Deed of gift on file with the CSRC Archive office.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Arrangement note
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
Series 1. Sketches and sketchbooks
1970-2005
Box 5, Folder 6
Notes and sketches
1970-2005
Box 5, Folder 7
Notes and sketches
1976-2005
Box 15, Folder 5
Sketches for Culture Clash's "Bowl of Beings"
1991
Box 15, Folder 1
Press materials and sketches for "Stone Wedding"
1989
Box 15, Folder 3
Materials and sketches for East West Players Production
1990-2002
Box 15, Folder 7
Sketches for "Journey to Cordoba"
1994
Box 24, Folder 3
Sketchbook
Late 1990's-2000
Box 26, Folder 1
Sketchbook "one number four"
1978
Box 26, Folder 2
Sketchbook "Nose Dive"
1978
Box 26, Folder 4
Sketchbook "In time"
1980
Box 26, Folder 5
Sketchbook "End of the year"
1982
Box 26, Folder 6
Sketchbook "Good bye Cow"
1983
Box 26, Folder 7
Sketchbook "July 1983"
1983
Box 26, Folder 8
Sketchbook "Notes Oct. Nov. 1983"
1983
Box 26, Folder 9
Sketchbook "Dec. 1983"
1983
Box 27, Folders 1-2
Sketchbooks "Landscape"
1979
Box 27, Folder 4
Sketchbook "end of April 1985"
1982
Box 27, Folder 5
Sketchbook "one night maybe David sleep maybe 1982"
1982
Box 27, Folder 9
Sketchbook "He waited"
1986
Box 28, Folder 3
Sketchbook "Dec. 1987-Jan.1988"
1987-1988
Box 29, Folder 2
Sketchbook "Long days on Spring St."
1985
Box 29, Folder 3
Sketchbook "March April 1985"
1985
Box 33, Folder 1
Original paintings and sketches
1976-2005
Box 33, Folder 4
Notebooks and sketchpads
1976-2005
Box 34, Folder 1
Sketchbook "Dog City"
Jan.-Feb. 1983
Box 34, Folders 2-5
Sketchbooks
1983-1984
Processing Information note
In the previous finding aide, most of these were called "Diary."
Box 34, Folder 6
The Coffee Journals by James Bucalo
1984
Box 35, Folders 1-5
Sketchbooks
1984
Processing Information note
In the previous finding aid, most of these were called "Diary."
Box 36, Folder 10
Drawings related to "Brain Flame"
2000-2005
Box 44, Folders 1-11, 14-19, 21-27
Box 46, Folder 2
Loose sketches and watercolor
undated
Box 46, Folder 3
Loose color sketches
undated
Box 46, Folder 4
Loose sketches and color sketches
undated
Box 50, Folder 4
Exhibition materials
1975-2005
Box 52, Folders 1-10
Sketches and watercolors
1975-2002
Series 2. Photographs and photographic materials
1969-2005
Box 1, Folder 3
Materials relating to
Gronk
/Dreva show at LACE
1976-1978
Box 2, Folder 8
Photocopies of photographs
1976-1984
Box 2, Folders 9-10
Asco photographs and No Movies
1972-1987
Box 15, Folder 2
Photos and publicity materials for Culture Clash's "The Mission"
1990
Box 20, Folder 2
Photos of
Gronk's
art
1986-1989
Box 21, Folder 1
Personal photos
circa 1977
Box 21, Folder 2
Personal photos
1996-1997
Box 21, Folder 3
Photos of
Gronk
and his artwork
1990-1995
Box 22, Folder 2
Personal photos of
Gronk
1996-1997
Box 23, Folders 1-2
Photos of
Gronk
, his artwork, and exhibitions
undated and 1996-1997
Box 24, Folder 6
Photo transparency
undated
Box 24, Folder 8
Color transparencies
1972-1987
Box 25, Folder 1
Photographic slides
1987-1994
Box 25, Folder 3
Photographic slides
undated
Box 49
Dry-mounted color photographs of Asco performances
1972-1975
Series 3. Paintings, crayon, pastel, and other media
1970-2005
Box 3, Folder 3
Artwork given to
Gronk
1970-2005
Box 33, Folder 2
Painting on canvas by
Gronk
undated
Box 44, Folder 20
Ink and watercolors on dress cut-outs
undated
Box 47, Folders 1-4
Artwork by students
1994-2004
Box 47, Folder 5
"Thank you" cards from students
1994-2004
Box 54
Children's artwork
undated
Series 4. Ephemera / Realia
1976-2004
Box 1, Folder 9
Flyers and ephemera
1978-1980
Box 12, Folder 4
Exhibition announcements and art-related ephemera collected by
Gronk
1977-2004
Box 12, Folder 6
Articles, clippings, and ephemera collected by
Gronk
1976-2003
Series 5. Three-dimensional objects
1977-1989
Box 51, Folder 1
Stamp - Dreva/
Gronk
1968-78 ten years of art/life
1978
Box 51, Folder 3
Cross with pictures of Jerry Dreva
1977
Box 51, Folder 4
Framed photograph of
Gronk
with a woman
undated
Box 51, Folder 5
Framed photograph of
Gronk
1989
Box 51, Folder 6
Button - "Dreva/
Gronk
"
1978
Box 51, Folder 7
Asco - metal printing plate
undated
Series 6. Collage / Montage
1976
Box 2, Folder 5
Photo collage "Cinearte 76"
1976
Biographical/Historical note
Published in
Chismearte Vol. 1 No. 1.
Series 7. Correspondence
1973-2007
Box 3, Folder 1
Letters, cards and drawings sent to
Gronk
1975-1990
Box 3, Folder 2
Gronk's
personal correspondence
1985-2005
Box 4, Folder 1
Postcards and greeting cards sent to
Gronk
undated
Box 4, Folder 2
Letters, cards, and drawings sent to
Gronk
1991-2005
Box 4, Folder 3
Letters and drawings sent to
Gronk
1991-2005
Box 5, Folder 1
Personal correspondence
1975-1980
Box 5, Folder 2
Personal correspondence
1991-1995
Box 5, Folder 3
Personal correspondence
1981-1990
Box 5, Folder 4
Personal correspondence
1996-2000
Box 5, Folder 5
Personal correspondence
2001-2007
Box 6, Folder 2
University of California Los Angeles
1990-1993
Box 6, Folder 3
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1994
Box 6, Folder 4
San Jose Museum of Art
1993-2004
Box 6, Folder 5
National Museum of Art
1992-1996
Box 6, Folder 6
National Hispanic Cultural Center
2001-2004
Box 6, Folder 7
National Endowment for the Arts
1979-1983
Box 6, Folder 8
Museum of Glass
2002-2003
Box 6, Folder 10
The Mexican Museum
1990-1993
Box 6, Folder 11
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1989-1994
Box 6, Folder 12
Laguna Art Museum
1991-1992
Box 6, Folder 13
Galerie Claude Samuel
1990-1991
Box 6, Folder 14
Correspondence with various institutions
1979-2006
Box 7, Folders 1-9
Saxon Lee Gallery
1986-1993
Box 8, Folders 1-11
Saxon Lee Gallery
1994-2004
Box 16, Folder 2
Press material for "The Story of a Soldier"
2000
Series 8. Printed Material
1972-2007
Box 1, Folder 10
Mail art catalogs
1976-1979
Box 2, Folder 2
Asco promotional materials
1978-1985
Box 2, Folder 6
Wedding Invitations
1977-1989
Box 2, Folder 1
Asco press material
1974-1983
Box 2, Folder 7
Asco performance materials
1984-1987
Box 9, Folder 8
Morning Becomes Electricity - script by
Gronk
and James Bucalo
1985
Box 11, Folder 1
Transcript of interview with
Gronk
undated
Box 11, Folder 2
Poetry by Marisela Norte
undated
Box 11, Folder 3
Writings, scripts, and poetry by persons other than
Gronk
1980-2003
Scope and Contents note
Includes "Los Vendedores Ambulantes" by Joseph Julian Gonzalez
Box 11, Folder 4
Plays and writings by Harry Gamboa Jr.
1983-1998
Box 11, Folder 5
Media and film projects involving
Gronk
1995-2002
Scope and Contents note
Includes script
Asco by Sandra Pena-Sarmiento.
Box 12, Folder 2
Resumes, applications and personal documents
1985-2000
Box 12, Folder 3
Zines collected by
Gronk
1979-1997
Box 12, Folder 5
Postcards collected by
Gronk
1975-2000
Box 12, Folder 7
Film and theater programs, tickets
1976-2007
Box 12, Folder 8
Artwork given to
Gronk
1970-2005
Box 13, Folders 1-11
Exhibition materials
1979-1995
Box 14, Folders 1-10
Exhibition materials
1996-2005
Box 15, Folder 4
Scripts and materials for Culture Clash's "Bowl of Beings"
1991
Box 15, Folder 6
Documents related to Culture Clash's "Carpa Clash"
1994
Box 16, Folder 1
The Persians
1993
Scope and Contents note
Script by Aeschylus [modern version by Robert Auletta]; program; publicity material.
Box 16, Folder 3
Production and promotional materials for "Ainadamar"
2005
Box 16, Folder 4
Various sketches for set and costume designs
undated
Box 17, Folder 1
"Fausto's Road" proposal
1994
Box 17, Folder 2
Publicity material for "Los Faustinos"
1994
Box 17, Folder 3
Press materials and script for "Journey to Cordoba"
1994-1995
Box 17, Folder 4
Collaborations with Kronos Quartet and Joseph Julian Gonzalez
1994-2000
Box 17, Folder 5
Program for "Welcome to the Moon"
1995
Box 17, Folder 6
Script for "Los Biombos/The Screens"
1997
Box 17, Folder 7
Sketches and publicity materials for "The Story of a Soldier"
1999-2000
Box 35, Folder 6
Regeneracion
1972-1975
Scope and Contents note
Contains vol. II, no. 2, vol. II, no. 4.
Box 50, Folder 2
Promotional materials
undated
Series 9. Clippings
1972-2004
Box 1, Folder 8
Clippings related to Bon Bons
1972-1974
Box 10, Folders 1-4
Interviews and articles about
Gronk
and his work
1982-1999
Box 10, Folder 5
Press clippings
1992-2004
Box 48
Newspaper clippings
1972-2007
Series 10. Audio materials
2006-2007
Box 12, Folder 1
Radio Interviews [CDs]
2006-2007
Scope and Contents note
Two CD-Rs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note
CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing.