ABOUT
The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives was established in 2014 by artist Stephanie Farago as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, dedicated to the exhibition and study of American artist Steven Arnold. Housed at the ONE Archives at USC Libraries, Los Angeles, the collection is available to researchers by appointment.
The archives contain works and ephemera spanning from 1943 – 1994, including extensive personal files, calendars, props, sculpture, paintings, sketchbooks, drawings, films, and black and white tableau photography.
Gallery
Click on any image and use the side-arrows to navigate.
Confidante of the King, 1982
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
The Luxury of Solitude, 1984
Angel of Night, 1981
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Virgin of Paste, 1983
Power of Grace, c, 1985
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Dig In Your Garden, c. 1985
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Clock of Timelessness, c. 1985
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Kunga Brings my Crown of Dreams, 1983
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Reeking with Inclinations, 1982
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Connecting to the Infinite, 1986
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
The Wonder of Mundo Meza, c 1985
Laborer in the skies of God, c 1985
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
The Night Mars Was Closest, 1988
Pony in Mediation, 1985
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Genius of God, c. 1985
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Sovereign Right of Self Discovery, 1983
Sea of Transition, 1983
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Intercourse of Dreams, 1985
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Double Holymen, 1988
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Brother Arc, 1989
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Emperor Shemango the Impenetrable
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Transmitigating Inspiration
Memories, 1982
©The Steven Arnold Museum and Archives
Towering Flames Smoking Section, c 1985
BLOG
Death of Simplicity, 1982/83
This picture, from 1982/83, is titled Death of Simplicity. By covering the models in junk parts from the technological detritus of mid-century America, Arnold foresaw humanity’s impending dependency on technology, foreshadowing a future where humankind and machinery...
Intersection of Dreams
This picture, titled Intersection of Dreams (1985), clearly reflects Steven Arnold’s interests in Jungian psychology, the surrealists, and his Eastern understanding of the codependent polarities of consciousness and matter. A couple asleep, dreaming, produces a galaxy...
Steven Arnold Interview
A rarely seen 1991 interview with artist Steven Arnold from the Los Angeles public access television show Joan Quinn Etc., hosted by Joan Agajanian Quinn. Steven painted her portrait twice and she modelled for two sets of tableaux photographs, including the photograph...
Notes from a Queer Mystic
“Do the work with love. Love is sharing the message.”