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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Sperry Featured with Spoke Art at Art Basel / Context Art Miami

Spoke Art is pleased to announce our return to Miami for the eighth year in a row exhibiting during Art Basel Miami! Join us this December at CONTEXT Art Miami where we will be exhibiting featured bodies of work by Chuck Sperry and Dan Lam as well as a group exhibition of over forty exciting contemporary artists!

Chuck Sperry – Digging into the archives we are able to offer sold out panel editions from the artist’s illustrious career, before releasing several brand new panels and prints on paper. Archive panels will go on sale Tuesday the 3rd. New panels and prints on paper will be made available on Saturday the 7th.

Hebe, 2019
20 x 29
Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

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Harmonia, 2019
20 x 26.75
Edition of 30
6 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

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Chloris, 2019
33 x 20
Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

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Dreamer, 2019
21 x 31
Edition of 150
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Variants on holographic sparkle foil, holographic lava foil and satin black

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Dan Lam – We will be exhibiting an assortment of recent drip and blob sculptures in the artist’s truly unique style. Always a favorite with audiences, Lam’s work pairs grotesque form with alluring color, creating a dichotomy that begs for closer inspection.

Group Exhibition – We are pleased to present a group exhibition featuring fifty exciting new contemporary artists working in a variety of media. Exhibiting artists include So Youn Lee, Aaron Nagel, Buff Monster, Nicomi Nix Turner, Eelus, Petites Luxures, Scott Scheidly, AJ Masthay, David Welker, Alex Garant and Scott Listfield.

Visit us at Booth C1 this December in Miami or if you can’t make it in person, check out the online preview here!

CONTEXT Art Miami
One Herald Plaza
NE 14th Street, Miami FL

December 3rd  – 8th, 2019

Platinum VIP Preview: Tuesday, December 3rd from 4:30 – 6:00pm
VIP Preview: Tuesday, December 3rd from 6:00 – 10:00pm
General Admission: Wednesday – Saturday from 11am – 8pm, Sunday from 11am – 6pm

More info about the fair here. To inquire about available works or complimentary tickets, please email Spoke Art at [email protected].

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The Black Keys LA & SF Posters by Sperry

The Black Keys, Los Angeles 2019
22 x 35
Edition of 480
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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The Black Keys, Los Angeles 2019
22 x 35
Sparkle Foil Edition of 20
7 colors on holographic sparkle foil
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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The Black Keys, Los Angeles 2019
22 x 35
Lava Foil Edition of 20
7 colors on holographic lava foil
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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The Black Keys, San Francisco 2019
22 x 35
Edition of 430
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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The Black Keys, San Francisco 2019
22 x 35
Sparkle Foil Edition of 20
7 colors on holographic sparkle foil
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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The Black Keys, San Francisco 2019
22 x 35
Lava Foil Edition of 20
7 colors on holographic lava foil
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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My Black Keys posters will be available officially through The Black Keys at the shows in LA & SF.
I will make a very limited online release of these posters and their variants on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at a random time.

I want to welcome a lot of newcomers to my site! I’ll quickly explain how my releases on my website are conducted. The Black Keys posters will be available, right here, in this post on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at a random time. A paypal “Buy Now” button will appear under each poster (above) at a random time, and I will announce the price of each poster at the same time. Good luck to everyone, and as always, I am very appreciative of your support!

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Sperry Career Retrospective at Fort Wayne Museum of Art in April 2020 • The Black Keys SF Poster Reveal

“Legendary poster artist Chuck Sperry is hard at work on his poster for the ‘Lets’ Rock’ Tour stop in San Francisco! You can catch his career retrospective at Fort Wayne Museum of Art in April.” – The Black Keys

Color X Color:
Selections from the Chuck Sperry Archive
April 18 – June 7, 2020

Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Opening events on April 17-19, 2020. Details arriving first week of January 2020.

Chuck Sperry’s illustrious rock poster career has spanned over twenty-five years with no signs of stopping. During that time Sperry has printed thousands of posters for hundreds of bands. He was travelled the world displaying his poster in dive bars to galleries in Europe, New York, and California. Now Sperry’s hard work has brought him to museums.

Fort Wayne Museum of Art is the future home of Sperry’s Archive and we look forward to showcasing 150+ works of Sperry’s.

Archive collected and curated by Josef Zimmerman

Photos: Shaun Roberts

 

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Chuck Sperry x Spoke Art at Art Basel / Context Art Fair • Part 2

Hebe, 2019
20 x 29
Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Hebe is one of the many new muses I’ll be showing at Art Basel / Context Art Fair with Spoke Art Gallery – my fifth visit to Art Basel, the premier art fair in the Americas – and I anticipate – the most amazing yet! Hope to see you there!

The CONTEXT Art Miami Pavilion • One Herald Plaza at NE 14th Street, Downtown Miami.
On Biscayne Bay between the Venetian & MacArthur Causeways

Stay tuned to Spoke Art Gallery and its sister gallery Hashimoto Contemporary for various fair exclusives and the nitty gritty of the release!

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Chuck Sperry x Spoke Art at Art Basel / Context Art Fair

Harmonia, 2019
20 x 26.75
Edition of 30
6 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Harmonia is one of the many new pieces I’ll be showing at Art Basel / Context Art Fair with Spoke Art Gallery – my fifth visit to Art Basel, the premier art fair in the Americas – and I anticipate – the most amazing yet! Hope to see you there!

The CONTEXT Art Miami Pavilion • One Herald Plaza at NE 14th Street, Downtown Miami.
On Biscayne Bay between the Venetian & MacArthur Causeways

Stay tuned to Spoke Art Gallery and its sister gallery Hashimoto Contemporary for various fair exclusives and the nitty gritty of the release!

Archives

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

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