Chuck Sperry
Chuck Sperry
Chuck Sperry lives in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, where he’s made his particular style of rock poster designs for over 20 years. He operates Hangar 18, a silkscreen print studio, located in Oakland.
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Patti Smith at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, July 7, 2012
Ideal Poster Series No. 77
20.5 x 29.5
5 colors on archival cream paper
Edition of 125
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT – Thank You!
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Patti Smith at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, July 7, 2012
Ideal Poster Series No. 77
20.5 x 29.5
5 colors on natural textured paper
Natural Textured Edition of 25
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT – Thank You!
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Patti Smith at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, July 7, 2012
Ideal Poster Series No. 77
20.5 x 29.5
5 colors on silver metallic paper
Silver Metallic Edition of 13
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT – Thank You!
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I’ll be making a very limited release of this poster and two variant editions on Sunday, July 8, 2012, at 10 am PST.
When JC Hall asked me to do a poster for Patti Smith, I jumped at the commission. I made this portrait of her, using a gold metallic base of patternization and layered colors over. The gold peeks through the final deep brown line art, and blues and reds were tinted with a semi-transluscent yellow.
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Presents:
Occupy Bay Area
July 7-October 14, 2012
Gallery 3
$10 Regular/ $8 students, senior, discount
FREE for YBCA Members & YBCA:You
FREE first Tuesday of each month • noon – 8 pm
Since its inception in September 2011, the Occupy Movement has generated both praise and condemnation. A direct response to the financial instability, subprime mortgage crisis and the decline of trust in the government’s ability to effectively address the problems in the labor market, it continues to resonate in the American consciousness. In response to the significant output of art and documentation produced in support of the Occupy Movement in Oakland and San Francisco, YBCA has put together an exhibition of works that have proven to be particularly effective in supporting the goals and aspirations of the Movement. Impressively, various political poster artists devoted their talents to messaging the politics and culture of the movement by creating iconic images — designs that were a call to action, or posters announcing an upcoming event. In many ways these works, by twenty-five Bay Area artists, carry forward the region’s long tradition as a leader in political struggles, from the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s, to struggles by communities of color in the 1970s, to AIDS activism in the 1980s. The exhibition also includes a selection of photojournalistic and documentary photography and video that serve as a record of the events around the Occupy Movement.
Additionally, to connect to earlier movements and provide a historical context for the project, the exhibition includes posters and photographs from other political struggles, including the Black Panther Party, I-Hotel in Manilatown (1968–77); the ARC/AIDS Vigil at City Hall (1985–95); the Occupation of Alcatraz (1969–71); the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley (1964–65); and the San Francisco State University protests, to gain an Ethnic Studies program and Black Student Union demands (1968–69).While these earlier movements certainly differ in ways from Occupy, they all are the result of a deep desire for marginalized peoples to be represented and treated fairly.
This exhibition is not meant to represent a fully executed social history, but is a testament of the power of images to evoke the emotional expression of popular and wide-spread sentiments. By localizing our efforts, we also pay special tribute to the role that Bay Area artists have played in giving voice to the 99% and utilizing art as an effective vehicle for social change.
Poster artists:
Rich Black
Zerena Diaz
Cannon Dill
Dignidad Rebelde (Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barraza)
Eric Drooker
Alexandra Fisher
Dave Garcia
Ronnie Goodman
Jason Justice
Gabby Miller and Miriam Klein Stahl
Nuclear Winter Art
Occupy Design
Political Gridlock (Jon-Paul Bail)
Cristy C. Road
Faviana Rodriguez
Chris Shaw
Colin Smith
Winston Smith
Chuck Sperry
Xavier Viramontes
Gregoirire Vion
Fred Zaw
Anonymous artists
Aligned artists:
Sergio de la Torre
Kota Ezawa
Eric Drooker
Megan Wilson
Suzanne Lacy
Sanaz Mazinani
Artists of historical posters & photographs:
Robert Bechtle
Emory Douglas
Rupert Garcia
Ilka Hartmann
Steven Marcus
“Indian Joe” Morris
Rachael Romero
Sheila Tully
Anonymous artists
Photojournalism and video artists:
Li Chen
Ewen Wright
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With the release of my Genova Workshop poster, I am also releasing these variations on the same theme. I felt it would be cool for you to have all the choices put in front of you, before you made a choice which prints might appeal to you. The documentation and special circumstances surrounding the Genova Workshop makes that one a very special variant of the following designs. But you decide.
Also, excuse me for being a few days later than announced releasing these, I’ve had jet-lag a little worse than expected (I’m posting this at 4:30 am haha)
Mogwai at The Regency, June 1, 2012
Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series No. 157
9 x 31
3 colors on acid-free, textured paper
Edition of 100 (Cut Numbers 26 through 125)
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT. Thank You!
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Psyck Italia Tour Poster
9 x 31
3 colors on acid-free, textured paper
Edition of 100 (Cut Numbers 26 through 125)
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT. Thank You!
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Uncut Mogwai / Psyck Italia Tour Poster
18 x 31
3 colors on acid-free, textured paper
Edition of 25 (Uncut Numbers 1 through 25)
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT. Thank You!
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I’ll be making a very limited release of these three editions on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at a random time.
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Psyck Italia, 2012
Genova Workshop, June 7, 2012
12 x 27
Edition of 30
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT. Thank You!
Taxi Driver Record Store in Genova, will release the second half of this edition, should my half of the art prints sell out. These will be released after my prints are sold.
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Two years ago in 2010, when I passed through Genova on my “Psychedelic Secession” Tour, I promised Sara Twinn, who organized my first visit to Genova, that I would return to beautiful Genova and conduct a screen-printing workshop. It was my intention to return and teach silkscreen to anyone who would be interested to come and learn. Her friend, printmaker Jessica Rassi, made me a counter-promise. If I were to return and teach a workshop in Genova, she would teach me etching. Well, as my “Psyck Italia” spring tour to Italy took form, I wrote to Sara and told her I was ready to make good on my promise.
Sara Twinn’s record store Taxi Driver teamed up with Disorderdrama to present an ARCI Liguria sponsored event – my workshop at Spazio Cernaia – on Piazza Cernaia – hosted by Matteo, who gave me a very detailed and informative guided tour of Genova, telling me about it’s sea history, place in 16th Century European politics, it’s ingenious neo-classical democratic organization, the famed “Rolli di Genova,” while walking through the old historic center of Genova.
Little did I know that 100 people would attend my workshop, that both major Genovese newspapers would cover it, that fellow-Californian and friend Kepi Ghoulie would co-incidentally be in town to play an inspiring acoustic show at the opening, and that Genovese film-maker Davide Colombino would create a beautiful film that perfectly describes the event:
Lastly, I am excited to show you the artist proof of an aquatint etching I made with Jessica Rassi’s guidance (Jessica Rassi in the above photo) – my first etching – a very limited edition to come later this summer.
Chuck Sperry lives in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, where he’s made his particular style of rock poster designs for over 20 years. He operates Hangar 18, a silkscreen print studio, located in Oakland. Learn More…
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