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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Moonalice “Grail” Poster

The Art of Moonalice – “Grail” Poster

Edition of 50

20 x 33

6 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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The Art of Moonalice – “Grail” Poster

Bronze Edition of 13

20 x 33

6 colors on Metallic Bronze Paper

Signed and Numbered

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The Art of Moonalice – “Grail” Poster

Gold Edition of 13

20 x 33

6 colors on Metallic Gold Paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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This poster and it’s variants will be released at The Art of Moonalice Show at Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, New York. I’ve reserved a portion of each edition to be released online on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at a random time.

I just returned home from printing my poster for The Art of Moonalice show in New York, Chris Shaw and Alex Fischer both helping. Great day! Really top-flight printing – happy to see that going away for a month made my printing better!

Moonalice has invited us to New York City, has chartered a private jet to bring us all there together, has reserved us a very nice mid-town hotel, and – well – will treat us like kings in New York City. I was so knocked out by this grand gesture, that I designed and printed this very limited run of posters to commemorate the event.  I created a beautiful Keeper of the Grail. The background is a graffiti abstraction – hey, it IS New York after all – and the coloration was drawn from stained glass of the cathedral at Chartres. I would like to think of the invited company of San Francisco’s amazing artists as Knights of the Round Table. I made the edition very limited to 50 – as there were 50 Arthurian Knights by some estimates – and numbered the variants at 13 – as there were some accounts that provide that number of Knights. And what with gathering of most of San Francisco’s top poster talent in one place, there is a feeling of a merry Round Table. This is going to be incredible fun!

While printing it occurred to me that given that it’s Easter weekend, with all those talented people in one private jet, well, all of our eggs are in one basket. So wish us luck!

Posters will be specially priced for the New York show release / a bit more online / and I’m afraid I won’t be bringing non-Moonalice posters with me to the event. I hope to see all my New York friends at the Brooklyn Bowl!

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The Art of Moonalice Show & Poster Release

The Art of Moonalice – M454

Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, New York

April 8, 2012 – Doors 4:20 pm

Edition of 50

20 x 33

6 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

This poster will be released at The Art of Moonalice Show at Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, New York. I’ve reserved a portion to be released online on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at a random time.

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The Art of Moonalice

I’ll be attending an exhibit of Rock Posters cre­ated for the band Moonalice.

Moon­al­ice is a band that com­mis­sions a poster for every gig and gives them away for free. Since the band’s for­ma­tion in 2007, Moon­al­ice has pro­duced a unique series of over 450 orig­i­nal gig posters with art­work from over 20 artists.

Moon­al­ice posters fea­ture art­work from many of the leg­endary poster artists of the psy­che­delic 60’s as well as today’s top rock poster artists. Moon­al­ice is a band that lets poster artists do what they do best — make art! Unen­cum­bered by stan­dard con­straints, Moon­al­ice posters are as diverse as the artists who cre­ate them.

On Sun­day, April 8, 2012, Moon­al­ice proudly presents a con­cert and poster show at the Brook­lyn Bowl. The full series of Moon­al­ice posters will be on dis­play and avail­able for pur­chase at this first ever East Coast event. Many Moon­al­ice poster artists will be attend­ing the event in-person. The poster show opens at 4:20 pm, Moonalice’s con­cert will fol­low the poster show in the evening.

SUNDAY — APRIL 8, 2012
Poster Show opens at 4:20pm with an Evening Per­for­mance by Moonalice

Artists in atten­dance:
David Singer • Stan­ley Mouse • Wes Wil­son
Chris Shaw • Alexan­dra Fis­cher • Chuck Sperry
Dave Hunter • Car­olyn Fer­ris • Den­nis Larkins
Wendy Wright • Lee Con­klin • Ron Dono­van
Den­nis Loren • John Seabury • John Mavroudis
Lau­ren Yurkovich • Dar­rin Brenner

Also fea­tur­ing posters by:
Gary Hous­ton • Claude Shade • Grace Slick
George and Patri­cia Sargent

BROOKLYN BOWL

61 Wythe Avenue

Brook­lyn New York

 

 

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“The Roots” Poster

“The Roots” – art & rock show – Firehouse, Jacknife, Chase Marshall and Jorge Gamboa

Bands: Burnt House and Hogwind

Edition of 125

22 x 31

5 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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I had the great pleasure to meet Teresa Nittolo, who is the present-day owner of The Original Firehouse, the root of the Firehouse in The Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company. I am happy to announce that I am having an art show at The Original Firehouse, the very place where Ron Donovan and I got our artistic start. This is a very rare opportunity to visit the place where The Firehouse began – a return to The Roots.

“The Roots” Art Show

Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company, Jacknife Posters (UK), Jorge Gamboa (paintings), Chase Marshall (handmade lamps and art)

Bands have been added! We’ll rock out to Burnt House and Hogwind

The Original Firehouse, 1648 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco

Thursday, March 8, 2012, 6pm until late.

I will be exhibiting rare and formerly unavailable posters and prints for this very special evening!

Teresa Nittolo plans to continue this artistic tradition, as quoted in The Bold Italic (February 17, 2012), she “plans to make Firehouse a multifaceted space that would include a café with outdoor seating, a small but well-curated library, a market-like area of rotating local vendors and artisans, a massive event space upstairs, and a rooftop garden. They are staring down the home stretch and they need their community’s support to get them across the finish line. Their dream is big and has come with even bigger challenges, but it’s wholly committed to bringing people together to create an inspiring story and space.”

Unfortunately, Firehouse 8 has gone into foreclosure (THEY ONLY HAVE UNTIL MARCH 8th) and Teresa and Gavin need help to hold onto it and bring their big dreams into reality. Angel investors take note. If this building goes into foreclosure, it will most certainly never be an art space again. Teresa is so very close! She needs your help! Help keep the Firehouse 8 Project alive and heading towards success!! Donate funds to the IndieGoGo campaign, or if you can offer your services or support in any other way please email Teresa at [email protected].

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Widespread Panic Wood Tour Variant Editions

Widespread Panic Wood Tour

Artist Proof Edition

22 x 31

6 colors on archival cream paper

Signed / Artist Proof

SOLD OUT – Thank You!

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Widespread Panic Wood Tour

Pine Wood Grain Edition

22 x 31

6 colors on pine wood grain paper

Signed and Numbered

Edition of 25

SOLD OUT – Thank You!

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Widespread Panic Wood Tour

Birch Wood Grain Edition

22 x 31

6 colors on birch wood grain paper

Signed and Numbered

Edition of 25

SOLD OUT – Thank You!

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Widespread Panic Wood Tour

Wood Grain Foil Edition

22 x 31

6 colors on wood grain foil

Signed and Numbered

Edition of 25

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“It’s Only Rock & Roll” Chuck Sperry and Jacknife Posters at Mr. Musichead, Los Angeles

“It’s Only Rock & Roll” Art Show

Chuck Sperry & Jacknife Posters (UK)

Mr. Musichead, 7511 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA – (323) 876-0042

Saturday, March 10, 2012, 7pm until 10pm.

I will be exhibiting rare and formerly unavailable posters and prints for this very special evening!

My good friends Chris Hopewell and John Finch of Jacknife Posters from Bristol, England, are coming to the United States for a visit. We’re having a special party at The Original Firehouse in San Francisco on Thursday, March 8th, and then we’ll be turning the wheel south to Los Angeles for a rare one-night appearance on Saturday, March 10th at Mr. Musichead on West Sunset Boulevard. We’re on our way to Austin, Texas for Flatstock 33 at the SXSW Music Festival. Chris Hopewell recently completed a movie as co-director with Crispin Mills, called “A Fantastic Fear of Everything.” starring Simon Pegg. So we’re having a special party in Los Angeles to celebrate – please come and join us.

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Sperry Books: “Color x Color” • “Helikon” • “Chthoneon” • “Idyllion”

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