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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Widespread Panic, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City

I am revealing the variants tonight, the night before the release, so you can have a look at them before the official online release on Saturday

I will be making a very limited release of Artist Proofs, and variants editions, on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at a random time. 

WIDESPREAD-PANIC-MSG

Widespread Panic, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, NYC
20.75 x 35
Artist Proof
7 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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WP-MSG-SILVER-HAIR
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WP-MSG-SILVER-HAIR-CORNER
Widespread Panic, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, NYC
20.75 x 35
Silver Hair Edition of 15
7 colors on fine silver hair inlaid, white mulberry paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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WP-MSG-DAPPLED-SLATE
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WP-MSG-DAPPLED-SLATE-CORNER
Widespread Panic, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, NYC
20.75 x 35
Dappled Slate Edition of 15
7 colors on white flecked, slate grey mulberry paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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WP-MSG-PARCHMENT
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WP-MSG-PARCHMENT-CORNER
Widespread Panic, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, NYC
20.75 x 35
Parchment Edition of 7
7 colors on parchment paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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WP-MSG-COPPER

WP-MSG-COPPER-CORNER

Widespread Panic, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, NYC
20.75 x 35
Copper Edition of 15
7 colors on fine metallic copper mulberry paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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WP-MSG-WAVE-FOIL

WP-MSG-WAVE-FOIL-CORNER

Widespread Panic, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, NYC
20.75 x 35
Wave Foil Edition of 15
7 colors on wave foil
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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WP-MSG-BLUE-LINEN

WP-MSG-BLUE-LINEN-CORNER

Widespread Panic, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, NYC
20.75 x 35
Blue Linen Edition of 15
7 colors on fine woven, blue linen mulberry paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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Extended Engagement: Chuck Sperry at l’Oeil Ouvert, Paris

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Due to the overwhelming positive response from art lovers and the French press, we’ve extended my successful Paris exposition to January 1, 2014. We had meant this show to be a humble introduction of my prints to the Paris public, with a larger show to follow at l’Oeil Ouvert scheduled for June. Well, what a great introduction! I’m grateful to the wonderful people at my Paris gallery, l’Oeil Ouvert. We garnered much press attention from le Parisien, Que Faire a Paris, France Culture, Paris la Nuit, Paris Tonkar, Wonder Brunette, Ooze and many others. I am humbled and grateful!

The few prints left after a quick and surprising run for this exposition, have been replenished, and many, many more of my prints have been brought to Paris to be viewed and acquired.

I will be reserving some of my newest titles and rarities to be shown in Paris at l’Oeil Ouvert for our big show coming in June 2014.

Paris Exposition October 15 to January 1, 2014 http://en.loeilouvert.com/

74, rue François Miron 75004 Paris – Métro Saint Paul

Tel : 01 83 62 05 86 – Mail : [email protected]

Open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM and Sunday from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM

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Gogol Bordello, Paradiso Amsterdam

GOGOL-BORDELLO-REG

Gogol Bordello, Paradiso Amsterdam

15.75 x 33.5

Regular Edition of 125

5 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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GOGOL-BORDELLO-BRONZE

Gogol Bordello, Paradiso Amsterdam

15.75 x 33.5

Bronze Edition of 12

5 colors on bronze metallic paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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GOGOL-BORDELLO-GOLD

Gogol Bordello, Paradiso Amsterdam

15.75 x 33.5

Gold Edition of 12

5 colors on gold metallic paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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GOGOL-BORDELLO-WAVE-FOIL

Gogol Bordello, Paradiso Amsterdam

15.75 x 33.5

Wave Foil Edition of 8

5 colors on wave foil

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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GOGOL-BORDELLO-NIGHT

Gogol Bordello, Paradiso Amsterdam

15.75 x 33.5

“Night Fighter” Edition of 6

5 colors on black linen paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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This poster is inspired by my stay in Milan, Italy a few years ago. In Milan I lived and worked in Centro Sociale Leoncavallo. The core group that held the occupied squat together (where I had my print studio) was the Mamme Antifasciste. The “Antifascist Mammas” are a strong, fine group of women who wove the fabric of society within the social center. They cooked food for everyone every night, taught Italian, organized meetings, gathered demonstrations, and projected plans for the squat and it’s guests. The “Mammas” have reached out to women and mothers throughout the world to participate in struggles in Chiapas, in Argentina, in Palestine, and locally in Italy. The figure in my poster draws from inspirational fighters of the partisan movements of WWII and the spirit of these movements right up to the present day. I painted The Mamme Antifasciste a new banner you can see at the bottom of the article linked HERE. And their old banner was retired to my studio, see below:

MAMME-ANTIFASCISTA

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“Kissing The Girl From Jupiter” for Spoke Art’s Exhibition Tribute to Wes Anderson

KISSING-THE-GIRL-FROM-JUPITER

Kissing The Girl From Jupiter
33 x 22
Edition of 50
7 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered

KISIING-THE-GIRL-FROM-JUPITER-GOLD

Kissing The Girl From Jupiter
33 x 22
Gold Edition of 12
7 colors on gold metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

KISSING-THE-GIRL-FROM-JUPITER-BRONZE

Kissing The Girl From Jupiter
33 x 22
Bronze Edition of 12
7 colors on bronze metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

KISSING-THE-GIRL-FROM-JUPITER-OPAL

Kissing The Girl From Jupiter
33 x 22
Opal Edition of 12
7 colors on opal metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

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I’m happy to reveal my new print for Spoke Art’s “Bad Dads, an art show tribute to the films of Wes Anderson.” Below is information regarding the Spoke Art’s show, and below that, my inspiration for creating the print.

Spoke Art is proud to present:
Bad Dads: an art show tribute to the films of Wes Anderson

Friday, November 1st
Halloween costume party at the gallery
All ages, no cover, 6pm – 10pm

Saturday, November 2nd
Halloween costume party at the gallery
All ages, no cover, 6pm – 10pm

Sunday, November 3rd
Castro Theatre triple feature
Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums and Moonrise Kingdom
screening starts at 5pm
prints from the show will be available for purchase

Learn more or RSVP via Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/535301666558420/ 

Monday, November 4th
All remaining original works and limited edition prints made available online
3pm PST (approximate)
http://spoke-art.com

I have become a huge fan of Moonrise Kingdom, having watched this movie many times.

Last year, I was in constant flight making shows and appearances non-stop; I watched Moonrise Kingdom end to end over a dozen times. These were long flights, whiled away happily involved in Mr. Anderson’s world of Moonrise Kingdom. I have a policy: I would rather watch one excellent movie over and over than to watch one bad movie once.

I flew in my own Moonrise Kingdom from the US to Europe, Europe to the US. Then I watched it some more, 17 hours San Francisco to Argentina for my appearance at the Trimarchi Design Conference and back again 17 hours. Then I watched it yet more from San Francisco to New York City just in time for my ill-fated Moonalice Art Show at the Brooklyn Bowl during Hurricane Sandy with the stars of the San Francisco Rock Poster Tradition (Stanley Mouse and Wes Wilson no less). By the time Halloween ruffled Manhattan the day after the historic hurricane passed, and I strolled to the Neue Museum on East 88th to catch some Vienna Secession art work, passing adorable children in their Halloween costumes, trick-or-treating on the Upper East Side, I was experiencing the pathos of a festival celebrated on the wake of disaster with a mind which had deeply ingested massive doses of Wes Anderson’s tragic serio-comic sensibilities. Strange it was just a year ago. Stranger still, the feeling of having absorbed this movie into one of the busiest and most rewarding and odd periods of my life hasn’t passed.

My art print “Kissing The Girl From Jupiter” for “Bad Dads” is a celebration of the amazing screen chemistry, the romantic pairing of actors Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman who play Suzy Bishop and Sam Shakusky in Moonrise Kingdom. Characters Sam and Suzy are mis-matched lovers caught in a doomed fantasy. Their star-crossed love story takes bloom with a first kiss in their Moonrise Kingdom. I aim to contrast the realism of my portrayal of their figures to a fantastic, near psychedelic background depicting a romantic, emotional truth of first love. It’s a very innocent piece. The title “Kissing the Girl From Jupiter” refers to the title of a science-fiction fantasy book that Suzy has brought with her in her flight to Moonrise Kingdom, one which was featured in the animated short film Wes Anderson made to promote the release of Moonrise Kingdom (see below).

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Cake, Santa Cruz Poster

CAKE-SC

Cake, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

20.25 x 33

Regular Edition of 300

5 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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CAKE-SILVER

 

Cake, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

20.25 x 33

Silver Edition of 15

5 colors on metallic silver paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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CAKE-OPAL

 

Cake, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

20.25 x 33

Opal Edition of 10

5 colors on metallic opal paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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