A KIRKUS OBSCURA PRODUCTION

FROM THE ORIGINAL SHOW ARCHIVE

Step back
into the show.

The art. The people. The questions.
A look back at Big Zinky and the Jones Studio shows in Long Beach.

WHAT THE YEARS LEFT US

When the original Big Zinky server crashed, part of our history went with it. The photographs and posters gathered here are what we were able to save. Original films preserved on our YouTube channel bring more of those shows back into view.


Some photographs are lost to time, like rooms in a sunken ship. Others have found a second life in these surviving films. We keep the names of those shows here because the loss of a photograph does not erase the moment, or the people who made it matter.

PAST SHOWSLASTING QUESTIONS

2012

December 8, 2012

Circus Poster Show

Original event postcard. Mac Productions and curator Sally Key, EXPO Arts Center, Long Beach.

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June 1, 2012

Live Graffiti Show

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Big Zinky Gallery Live Graffiti Show - Long Beach, CA (6/1/12) Watch on YouTube ↗
Big Zinky Gallery Live Graffiti Show - Long Beach, CA (6/1/12) Watch on YouTube ↗
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March 2, 2012

Graffiti Show

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Big Zinky Gallery, March 2012 - Graffiti Show Watch on YouTube ↗

The photographs are lost to time, but the show lives on in this original film.

February, 2012

Bruce Barlow

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Bruce Barlow Art Show at Big Zinky Watch on YouTube ↗

The photographs are lost to time, but the show lives on in this original film.

January 21–22, 2012

Good Warning

Photographs lost to time. The show remains part of our story.

2011

September 9, 2011

David Early, Jane Jaquette & Laura Leonhard

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David Early Art Show - Jones Studio Gallery - September 2011 Watch on YouTube ↗

The photographs are lost to time, but the show lives on in this original film.

August 12, 2011

Mark Canto

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Mark Canto Art Show at Big Zinky August 2011 Watch on YouTube ↗
Mark Canto Art Show at Big Zinky August 2011 Watch on YouTube ↗

The photographs are lost to time, but the show lives on in this original film.

June 10, 2011

Scott Bloomfield

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The Artwork of Scott Bloomfield Watch on YouTube ↗

The photographs are lost to time, but the show lives on in this original film.

February 1, 2011

Jack Rossi — Opening Night

Photographs lost to time. The show remains part of our story.

2010

July 17, 2010

July Event

Photographs lost to time. The show remains part of our story.

2009

2009

Jones Studio

The original gallery navigation identifies June 6, 2009; the album title says April 2009. These surviving thumbnails are shown at their available resolution.

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More from the galleries

ORIGINAL ALBUM

Basque

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Basque at Jones Gallery in Long Beach - Big Zinky 2012 Watch on YouTube ↗

Photographs preserved together in the original Basque album. Show attribution is awaiting confirmation.

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ORIGINAL ALBUM

February 2012

The original feb12 album. Show attribution is awaiting confirmation.

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More original films

More art, performances, and people from the Big Zinky and Jones Studio years.

Mac's Halloween Show @ jones studio gallery
Mac's Halloween Show @ jones studio gallery Watch on YouTube ↗
The 20 Grand at the Jones Studio Gallery in Bixby Knolls - Big Zinky
The 20 Grand at the Jones Studio Gallery in Bixby Knolls - Big Zinky Watch on YouTube ↗
Big Zinky Presents Long Beach Street Artists
Big Zinky Presents Long Beach Street Artists Watch on YouTube ↗
Artists Jonathan Bueno & Chatizmo Artshow
Artists Jonathan Bueno & Chatizmo Artshow Watch on YouTube ↗
@jones studio : Artist David Early
@jones studio : Artist David Early Watch on YouTube ↗

TAKE A PIECE OF THE SHOW HOME

The conversation continues.

Once handed out at the shows, the original copper token still asks what gives money its value.

GET THE ORIGINAL TOKEN ↗
About this archive

Show names and dates follow the original BigZinky.com gallery navigation, with conflicting records identified alongside the relevant show. Posters come from the owner’s collection. Photographs come from the owner’s original gallery backup and the Internet Archive. Confirmed albums follow their original gallery paths. The Our Generation photographs were matched using their December 10, 2011 camera dates and the event poster. Albums with unconfirmed show names are preserved separately below the dated shows. The 2009 album survives as small thumbnails. Original films are embedded from the iobuddha YouTube channel. Video titles identify the matching shows; films without a confirmed event date appear separately. The original server crash left gaps in the photograph collection. Shows without surviving photographs remain listed as part of Big Zinky’s history.