Chuck Sperry

Archives for February 2018

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Sperry x Spoke Art at Art on Paper, New York

Spoke Art is incredibly excited to announce our debut at Art on Paper! Find us at Booth #101. For this year’s Art on Paper, we will be exhibiting work by Chuck Sperry, Penny, and select works from our ongoing Moleskine Project.

Complimentary VIP passes are available, to inquire please email the gallery at [email protected].

Art on Paper is located at Pier 36, 299 South Street in Downtown Manhattan.

Fair Hours:

Thursday, March 8th – VIP Preview – 6:00 – 10:00pm

Friday, March 9th – 11:00am – 7:00pm

Saturday, March 10th – 11:00am – 7:00pm

Sunday, March 11th – 12:00 – 6:00 pm

The Sphinx, 2018 by Chuck Sperry

Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 6:00 pm

Release of new editions by Chuck Sperry

We are pleased to announce that we will be releasing an edition of Chuck Sperry’s “The Sphinx” (seen above) on wood panel, as well as an edition and variants on paper. Please note: This release will be first come, first served and there will be no daily allocations and no lottery. Attendees will be able to purchase one panel (while they last), one archive paper print and one copy of “The Sphinx”. Customers must be at least 18 years of age.

Please join us for the opening night reception if you would like to purchase a copy of “The Sphinx” or any of the archive editions that we will have on hand, as we expect these to sell quickly. As always, we recommend lining up early.

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Sperry to Exhibit at Art Karlsruhe, Germany

I am very pleased to announce I will exhibit my prints in Germany at the Art Karlsruhe art fair with Art Room Gallery of Konstanz, Germany on February 22 through 25, 2018.

The occasion for my showing in Germany: for the first time, Art Karlsruhe will be presenting a curated special show of editioned prints devoted to the fine art of printmaking, and I have been invited to show my work there.

Germany’s largest art fair, Art Karlsruhe focuses on Classic Modern art to the latest works of Contemporary art. This extraordinary fair attracts 200+ galleries from all over Germany and internationally. Located in a region of Germany known for art collecting and support for the visual arts, Art Karlsruhe attracts 50,000 visitors each year.

Over the years, the fair has developed a reputation as a strong proponent of German Expressionism, Impressionism, and Modern art. Artists such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Willi Baumeister, and Fred Thieler can be found there.

Art Room Gallery will feature a solo show of photography by Uwe Langmann. The gallery will be presenting a selection of art from Sebastian Wandl, Peintre X, Tabby, Sarah Jil Niklas, Mathias Pürthner and the San Francisco based artist Chuck Sperry.

Please join Art Room Gallery at the booth H1/S04

Art Karlsruhe 2018
Messe Karlsruhe
Messeallee 1
76287 Karlsruhe
Germany
February 22–25, 2018
Preview: February 21, 2018, 3 p.m.–9 p.m.

 

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Edwardian Ball 2018 Poster

Edwardian Ball 2018
15 x 35
Edition of 125
3 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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This poster is officially available at the show in LA. I will be making a very limited online release of this poster on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at a random time.

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It’s Edwardian Ball time again, and as always, it’s a great pleasure to work with Justin Katz, the Edwardian Ball impresario, and once again I had a lot of fun making this poster!

My Edwardian Ball posters always have an edge of social critique in them. They are done with a wink and a nod, in keeping with the enjoyment of attending such an elaborate period pageant.

Most of the attendees also realize that the Edwardian era was one of unabashed and ostentatious oligarchy, unrivaled economic imperialism and a presumed European superiority complex. It’s all of these things that makes the period so bizarre to us today. I’ve always endeavored to reveal this outrageous and bizarre sense of imperial entitlement in my Edwardian Ball posters, and keep them wild and fun.

My poster this year is a fanciful portrait of famed New York titan and oligarch, John Jacob Astor IV, with his pregnant, 18 year old, newlywed wife Madeleine — during their deliciously scandalous honeymoon to France and Egypt — on an evening walk outside the Paris Opera sometime before returning to America aboard the Titanic.

The wealthiest man aboard the doomed ship, and with $25,000 cash discovered frozen in his pocket, Astor went down with the ship. A cautionary tale for the Trump Era.

Read more about Chuck Sperry & his newest art book here

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