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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Milano Block Party, September 18, 2010

Giuseppe Roncen, famed editor of Italy’s car culture and motorcycle magazine Lowrider, called on me to do a piece for him for The Milano Block Party, a rock’n’roll motorcycle, hotrod, skate, surf, bike show and street party. He asked for my take on – an homage to – Gilbert Shelton’s “Shakedown Street” record cover for The Grateful Dead. My job was to set “Shakedown Street” in Milan, Italy. I saw it as a great chance to pay respect to my home-away-from-home. I wanted to rock out Giuseppe for the hospitality and friendship he showed me while I was staying in Italy. I won’t be able to attend the party, but I’ll be there in spirit!

Here are the show specifics in Italian:

Venerdi 17 settembre 2010
Inaugurazione del “BLOCK PARTY” e premier del film documentario “Onde Nostre”:
Presso il Cinema “Fontana” verra presentato il film documentario realizzato da Luca Merli e Matteo Ferrari sulla cultura surf diffusa sulle spiagge italiane
http://www.behindmagazine.com/contents/?page_id=12920
Art Show Opening party:
Presso “La Fonderia Napoleonica” si terre l’opening party ad inviti per la presentazione dell’evento e degli artisti presenti (dalle 21,00)
Dalle ore 22,30 l’evento sara aperto al pubblico a titolo gratuito e prevede l’apertura del “THE BLOCK PARTY – ART SHOW” con la partecipazione dei diversi artisti e ospiti coinvolti
http://www.fonderianapoleonica.it/

Sabato 18 settembre 2010
Kustom Kulture Art Show:
Evento all’interno del “La Fonderia” prende avvio alle ore 14,30 e si conclude alle 24,00
L’evento sara aperto al pubblico a titolo gratuito e prevede la mostra delle opere presenti al “KUSTOM KULTURE ART SHOW” con la partecipazione dei diversi artisti

Block Party (gli eventi in programma potranno subire modifiche )
Via Thaon di Revel viene chiusa dalla Rotonda di Segrino al Viale Stelvio . L’evento prende avvio alle ore 18,00 e si conclude alle ore 24,00.
Nel corso dell’evento sara articolato un calendario di momenti di aggregazione in strada (concerti, giochi per bambini)
Con il supporto dei principali attori di settore, sara organizzato un Contest per Skate e BMX, con la realizzazione di rampe per permettere agli atleti invitati di gareggiare e esibirsi nei diversi stili
L’evento sara aperto al pubblico a titolo gratuito

Domenica 19 settembre 2010
Kustom Kulture Art Show
Evento all’interno del “La Fonderia” prende avvio alle ore 11,00 e si conclude alle 17,00. L’evento sara aperto al pubblico a titolo gratuito. Nel corso dell’evento sara organizzato un Brunch con la presenza dei diversi artisti e ospiti coinvolti all’evento

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A Decade with no Name, Hangar 18 Showcase, Jack London Square, Friday, August 6, 2010

Photo Credit: Mike Abramson

This Friday is going to be all about celebrating the creative talent that has come out of the East Bay for the past decade. There are two shows opening this friday as part of the East Bay Express’ “Best of the East Bay” Party. “A Decade with No Name” and “If These Walls Could Talk.” Hangar 18 Artists – Emory Douglas, Chuck Sperry, Ron Donovan, Chris Shaw, Alexandra Fischer, Reuben Rude, Dave Hunter, Alan Hynes, Jon-Paul Bail, Scott Johnson, Frank Zio and Zoltron – were invited to participate (see list and links below).

A Decade with no Name is going to be a group show of 22 artists who work in a variety of mediums. As the facebook event describes it: “multi-disciplinary look into the works currently being created in our collective backyard, “The Decade With No Name” serves as a celebration of the sculptors, painters, photographers and street artists who call Oakland, Berkeley and the greater East Bay their home.”

Pictures are borrowed from the artists websites.

Occurring simultaneously outdoors, “If These Walls Could Talk“ will feature a live showcase of aerosol art by Bay Area legends Chor Boogie, Apex and Eon75 with additional support from Los Angeles’ Dabs/Myla and Surge. All six artists will be working on live graffiti murals during the event.

The Hangar 18 artists will have a Poster Kiosk right across from the Graffiti Mural.

Check out the Facebook event for more details, this is all going on:

Jack London Square
Friday August 6th
5:00pm – 11:00pm

The Gallery is across from the Main Stage.

Participating Artists for “A Decade With No Name”:

Eddie Colla – http://eddiecolla.wordpress.com/
Zoltron – http://zoltron.com/
GATS – http://www.flickr.com/groups/graffitiagainstthesystem/
Ras Terms – http://www.myspace.com/rasterms
Monica Canilao – http://www.monicacanilao.com/
Meagan Donegan – http://meagandonegan.com/home.html
Annie Vought – http://annievought.com/
Scott Hove – http://www.mshove.com/
Peter Gronquist – http://www.petergronquist.com/
Owen Cook – http://theeowencook.com/
Brett Amory – http://www.brettamory.com/
Alika Cooper – http://www.alikacooper.com/
Brendan Monroe – http://www.brendanmonroe.com/
Aaron Nagel – http://www.aaronnagel.com/
Skinner – http://www.theartofskinner.com/
David D’Andrea – http://www.dvdandrea.com/
Dave Correia – http://www.playwithknives.com/
Jason Vivona – http://www.jasonvivona.com/
Deth P. Sun – http://www.dethpsun.com/
John Felix Arnold – http://www.theothersideofasmile.info/
Amanda Lopez – http://www.amandalopezphoto.com/
John Coyne – http://www.caughtinthescramble.com/

Poster Art / Hangar18 Showcase:
Emory Douglas – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Douglas
Chuck Sperry – http://sperry.wpengine.com/
Ron Donovan – http://rondonovan.net/
Reuben Rude – http://www.reubenrude.com/
Dave Hunter – http://gammalyte.com/blog/
Chris Shaw – http://homepage.mac.com/c.shaw/Menu5.html
Jon-Paul Bail – http://www.gridlock.bigcartel.com/
Alexandra Fischer – http://www.facebook.com/Afishcalledalex
Alan Hynes – http://omgposters.com/2009/07/30/ten-questions-with-alan-hynes/
Scott Johnson – http://www.scottyjprints.com/
Frank Zio – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frank-Zio/95871445028

Participating Artists for “If These Walls Could Talk”:
Chor Boogie – http://www.chorboogie.com/
Apex – http://www.vimby.com/video/art/us/all/detail/9695
Eon75 – http://maxehrman.carbonmade.com/
Dabs & Myla – http://www.dabsmyla.com/
Surge

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