Ben loved the poster! He’s a way generous dude, gave me a lot of time, a very warm meeting at The Warfield. Artist Alex Fischer took this photo:
At one point I mentioned that I do a lot of art shows with Winston Smith who did Mr. Harper’s Relentless7 record cover, and Ben whips out his cell phone and said, “Oh yeah, man, I should text Winston, thanks for reminding me!” Very thoughtful. The show was outstanding! Here’s a snip where Ben Harper is singing it, live, no microphone (vid is mismarked 2010):
Ben Harper, Jenny O. at The Warfield, August 25, 2011
Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series No. 140
26 x 20
Edition of 275
3 colors (with very heavy silver metallic) on black paper
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT – Thank You!
It was a sincere pleasure to work with Chris Shaw on this poster designed for Public Enemy at The Regency – and hella fun to go and see the show together – WORD! Here’s Chris:
“I was thrilled when Chuck Sperry asked me if I wanted to do a Public Enemy poster for his Goldenvoice series, I’m a huge Public Enemy fan from way back when. Doing a poster for a band you love isn’t always as great as it sounds, sometimes you can get hung up on trying to get a perfect image and idea and overwork the art. Trying not to over-think things, I decided to go with an old-school political poster, the kind of thing I was making in the 80’s when I listened to P.E. constantly. I’ve made a ton of art over the years listening to that band, and felt like going back to my roots.
Somehow I think I’ve wanted to make this poster for a long time. The last time I made a Public Enemy poster it was for the Fillmore, I don’t think a riot cop with a bloody baton would have passed pre-screening over there. In particular, I decided to make this poster a BART cop. BART is a Bay Area transit agency who’s police force has been involved in some very questionable shootings, have been handling themselves pretty badly, they’ve been in the news a lot. Knowing the band, the image seemed fitting, and timely.
The image is a collage of pieces from different riot cop photos, put together to make an especially sinister figure. I altered a lot of the small details along the way then separated the art into 3 colors, standard “politics” black & red, plus a bright silver… the silver gives it that rock poster feel. For the variants, we printed a pure cyan instead of the black plate, and used some different stock. A big thanks Chuck for being the master of his press, this was an especially clean run of posters.”
Chris will have these posters and variant editions dropping at a random time on his website this Friday, August 26, 2011. Full poster details, loads of photos and documentation, at chrisshawstudio.com
Ben Harper is one of my all time favorite artists. I’m very proud to have been given the chance to design this poster for him for his appearance at The Warfield in San Francisco on Thursday, August 25, 2011. I went for a rocking 1968 Cougar – which always looked like a spaceship to me as a child – piloted by Ben. Looking forward to a great journey through the depths of Ben Harper’s amazing multifaceted universe tonight!
Ben Harper, Jenny O. at The Warfield, August 25, 2011
Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series No. 140
26 x 20
Edition of 275
3 colors (with very heavy silver metallic) on black paper
Signed and Numbered
These posters will be available at The Warfield tonight – Thursday, August 25, 2011 – officially through Ben Harper.
below a digital jpeg of the same poster design (without color reflections)
