YODA
A RETROSPECTIVE
In 1995 history was made and the San Francisco art scene has never been the same since.
Mitch Romanauski By Joel Friesch |
"The One That Started It All"
Ape By Unknown |
Steve Gawley By Joel Friesch |
Einstein By Unknown |
The Bride By Unknown |
Opey By Unknown |
Piss Yoda By Unknown |
Digital God By Unknown |
Diva By Unknown |
Rastafarian By Unknown |
Spoda Yock By Unknown |
Elvis By Melanie Walas |
Tom Jones By Pam Kibbey |
Ice By Steve Walton |
Witch Doctor By Bill Boes |
Confucius By Fon Davis |
Silver Fish By Jerome Ranft |
Van Goda By Unknown |
Jello Salad By Bonita Decarlo |
Caligyoda By Unknown |
Unknown By Unknown |
George By Unknown |
Pest Pasta By Carl Miller |
Golden Yoda By Dawn Swiderski |
Mars Attacks By Damon Bard |
White Foam By Fon Davis |
Skull By Webster Colcord |
Peach Composite By Unknown |
Missing By Chris Goehe |
Art By Chris Goehe |
McYoda By Unknown |
Day 1 By Bill Boes |
Spawn By Unknown |
Fork Lady By Unknown |
Miss Spider By Unknown |
Stalen By Mike Gravette |
Yoda Of Turin By Unknown |
Absolut Yoda By Dawn Swiderski |
Sweet Sugar By Unknown |
Velvet Painting By Unknown |
Shaman By Lee Bo Henry |
Stage By Unknown |
Worhol Yoda By Kendal Cronkhite |
Yarge By Mark Fiorenza |
Running By Unknown |
Gold Lung By Unknown |
Sunday In The Park With Yoda By Laura Schultz |
From The Asylum By Kelly Asbury & Mike Mitchell |
Yoda Screams In Soy Sauce By Chuck Duke |
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The History
In an unassuming SOMA warehouse a scale fruit fabricator brought Yoda hand puppet into work. The young man named Fon, thought it might be fun to use some of excess silicone rubber, from making big fruit, to make a mold of the puppet. Then he and the other fruit fabricators started casting plaster Yoda statues from the mold every time they had extra plaster from making big fruit. They gave what was called “Garden Yodas” to other employees in the building every time they made big fruit. They made a lot of big fruit! It was not long before almost everyone had a Yoda.
One day a model maker by the name of Joel thought it would be funny to make his Yoda look like his boss Mitch. When Steve saw the Mitch Yoda he was so thrilled that Joel decided to make a Steve Yoda too. After a while Yodas all over the building were being turned into works of art.
Then the Yoda creativity came to a critical mass. A pair of artist Dawn and Bill understood what needed to happen. The world needed to see the Yodas. So they made art history on September 8, 1995 by hosting one of the greatest art shows in San Francisco history.
Yoda A Retrospective.
The day of the show all work making big fruit ceased as everyone prepared for this triumphant event! The artist all put the final touches on their messages to the world.
Yoda ( your message here )!