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October 21, 2019 By squirt

“Know Thyself” Blotter & “Psych Out” Poster • Online Release

Between the Psych Out Party in Torino, Italy on October 5, and TRPS Festival of Posters in San Francisco, California on October 19 – I produced two psychedelic art pieces which I’d like to make available to you here. Both pieces were produced in limited quantities, and will be made available in a very limited online release on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at a random time.

“Know Thyself” Blotter
Edition of 200
9 x 11.25
(1/4 inch perforations)
Vegetable based inks
80# unbleached cotton paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

Psych Out, 2019
28 x 20
B&W Variant Edition of 10
1 color on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

Psych Out, 2019
28 x 20
Regular Holographic Edition of 50
1 color on lava foil
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

September 30, 2019 By squirt

Chuck Sperry x Spoke Art at NYCC • “Clio” Art Print Release

Clio, 2019

21 x 31

Edition of 100

6 colors on cream paper

Signed and Numbered

Variants: Sparkle Foil, Lava Foil and Satin Black

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“Clio” will be available at Spoke Art booth 675 starting Thursday, October 3, 2019.

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I’m very proud to announce my newest art piece, devoted to the muse “Clio” which I’ve made especially for release at Spoke Art Gallery’s appearance in New York City at the New York Comic Con.

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Clio is the Muse of history, daughter of memory. I suggest we remember where we came from, how we got here, who we are, and where we are going. History is not only a collection of objective facts; history is also a story. How we organize those objective facts says a lot about who we are, or who we want to be.

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When I realized I wanted more than anything to be a practicing artist, I realized I would devote my life to the muses. (That’s how I might organize my history, tell my story.)

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To The Muses – Orphic Hymn 75*

To those whose breasts your sacred furies fire much-form’d, the objects of supreme desire:
Sources of blameless virtue to mankind, who form to excellence the youthful mind;
Who nurse the soul, and give her to descry the paths of right with Reason’s steady eye.
Commanding queens who lead to sacred light the intellect refin’d from Error’s night;
And to mankind each holy rite disclose, for mystic knowledge from your nature flows.
Clio, and Erato, who charms the sight, with thee Euterpe minist’ring delight:
Thalia flourishing, Polymina fam’d, Melpomene from skill in music nam’d:
Terpischore, Urania heav’nly bright, with thee who gav’st me to behold the light.
Come, venerable, various, pow’rs divine, with fav’ring aspect on your mystics shine;
Bring glorious, ardent, lovely, fam’d desire, and warm my bosom with your sacred fire.

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The Orphic Hymns are at the foundation of the ancient Greek religion, as it was practiced during the Golden Age, at that civilization’s height, during its struggle to begin to define democracy, art, science, and reason. I feel we are at a place where human beings must define again democracy, art, science, and reason. What sort of Age awaits us?

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My history, I’ve been working on art devoted to the muses and Greek religion for many years, showing my work in gallery settings worldwide, art fairs and museums. That said, the New York Comic Convention has been a great forum to release new muses. I released “Demeter” at NYCC through Spoke Art in 2017, and “Justice” in 2014. My wood panel art print of “Justice” was acquired by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in 2017. My large-scale, hand-woven tapestry of “Demeter” was acquired by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in 2018. I love this electrical arc between popular art and fine art institution.

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Visit Spoke Art booth 675 starting Thursday, October 3, 2019.

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*You can find “To The Muses” in Sperry’s book “Helikon” (2016)

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September 30, 2019 By squirt

“Psych Out” 30th Anniversary in Torino Italy

Psych Out, 2019
28 x 20
B&W Variant Edition of 10
1 color on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Psych Out, 2019
28 x 20
Holographic Edition of 50
1 color on lava foil
Signed and Numbered

Psych Out Festival is the brainchild of psychedelic rock poster artist and genius hot-rodder, Giampo Copparoni, beatnik duke of Torino. To know Giampo is to love Giampo. And this is one of the best parties in Italy, and I’m not just saying that because I’ve known Giampo for 20 years.

I’ve made a psychedelic poster for this – the 30th Anniversary of “Psych Out” – a celebration born of everything cool, and good and right in this crazy world. My posters will be showing and available – and who knows a lot of unbelievable things happen these days – let’s just say, there are going to be surprises.

My poster will be available at Psych Out on Saturday, October 5, and a handful at TRPS Festival of Posters on October 19.

PSYCH-OUT FESTIVAL 1989-2019
THIRTY YEARS IN A TECHNICOLOR DREAM!!!
5 OCTOBER 2019
BUNKER
TORINO MOTOR-CITY ITALY

“The Psych-Out Party born as a monthly party in 1989, on its twenty-fifth birthday in 2014 turns into an annual festival. What is the Psych-out? Since 1989 In all these years before becoming a festival for five months a year it was a sixties style party where various DJs on their plates send Beat music, Garage, Soul, Surf, Psychedelic, all lit up with the Liquid Light-show (projection of colored oils the classic 60s style) and the mythical “beat go-go dancers”. Transformed into a festival in 2014, the creative research of the Psych-out Family means that within it bands, DJs perform, stage arrangements are taken throughout the festival area, live shows have been illuminated by Brainillusions’ Liquid light show and by the Vinyl Sound and Liquid show club from Switzerland, in the 2018 edition we also created a fashion show curated by Optic Zoo, the Flashback sofa talk shows curated by Lele Roma with lots of characters from the historical Sixites environment, paraphernalia banquets varied, choppers motorcycles on display, and it was the only event in Italy to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, on that occasion we set up an original American School bus, calling it Psych-out Bus, remembering the “FURTHER” the Magic Bus by Ken Kesey Marry Pranksters.” – Giampo Copparoni

September 13, 2019 By squirt

Greensky Bluegrass Red Rocks Poster 2019

Greensky Bluegrass, Red Rocks Amphitheatre 2019
20 x 35
Edition of 550
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

Greensky Bluegrass, Red Rocks Amphitheatre 2019
20 x 35
Satin Black Edition of 13
7 colors on satin black paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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This poster will be available at Red Rocks this weekend officially through Greensky Bluegrass at the concert.

I will make a very limited online release of this poster and its variants on Monday, September 16, 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 Greensky Bluegrass poster and its variants will be available, right here, in this post on Monday, September 16, 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!

Have a look at Chuck Sperry’s books here!

September 4, 2019 By squirt

The Rock Poster Society • Festival of Posters 2019

Join us October 19, 2019 for The Rock Poster Society, Festival of Posters in San Francisco’s beautiful Golden Gate Park.

It’s been a Great Year for my art and my printing company Hangar 18! Maybe you can pick up some of those prints you missed at TRPS.

I will have many surprises, rarities, variants, unreleased variants, one-of-a-kind test prints, and black & white tests to offer exclusively at TRPS on Saturday, October 19, 2019!

San Francisco’s annual Fall Classic, the The Rock Poster Society’s Festival of Rock Posters is set to go for Saturday, October 19th, 2019 at the San Francisco County Fair Building (aka Hall of Flowers) in beautiful Golden Gate Park.

Featuring rock poster artists and dealers from around the country, this is the biggest rock poster event of its kind anywhere. Those of you who have attended this show in the past know that this is the one not to miss. We bring in the best of the best, and you’ll find everything from vintage psychedelic treasures to the best of the modern silkscreen movement. This year’s version promises to offer another stellar lineup.

The location is at the corner of Ninth and Lincoln on the South edge of the Park, not far from the Haight, the DeYoung Museum, and the Academy of Sciences. There are plenty of great restaurants close by, too. Make it a weekend and bring the family to enjoy the great weather, an awesome poster event, and everything else San Francisco has to offer.

Festival of Rock Posters: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Hall of Flowers, Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way, Golden Gate Park.

Here’s a look back at Sperry’s posters since last October…