Chuck Sperry

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Sperry to Exhibit at Art Karlsruhe, Germany

I am very pleased to announce I will exhibit my prints in Germany at the Art Karlsruhe art fair with Art Room Gallery of Konstanz, Germany on February 22 through 25, 2018.

The occasion for my showing in Germany: for the first time, Art Karlsruhe will be presenting a curated special show of editioned prints devoted to the fine art of printmaking, and I have been invited to show my work there.

Germany’s largest art fair, Art Karlsruhe focuses on Classic Modern art to the latest works of Contemporary art. This extraordinary fair attracts 200+ galleries from all over Germany and internationally. Located in a region of Germany known for art collecting and support for the visual arts, Art Karlsruhe attracts 50,000 visitors each year.

Over the years, the fair has developed a reputation as a strong proponent of German Expressionism, Impressionism, and Modern art. Artists such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Willi Baumeister, and Fred Thieler can be found there.

Art Room Gallery will feature a solo show of photography by Uwe Langmann. The gallery will be presenting a selection of art from Sebastian Wandl, Peintre X, Tabby, Sarah Jil Niklas, Mathias Pürthner and the San Francisco based artist Chuck Sperry.

Please join Art Room Gallery at the booth H1/S04

Art Karlsruhe 2018
Messe Karlsruhe
Messeallee 1
76287 Karlsruhe
Germany
February 22–25, 2018
Preview: February 21, 2018, 3 p.m.–9 p.m.

 

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Edwardian Ball 2018 Poster

Edwardian Ball 2018
15 x 35
Edition of 125
3 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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This poster is officially available at the show in LA. I will be making a very limited online release of this poster on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at a random time.

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It’s Edwardian Ball time again, and as always, it’s a great pleasure to work with Justin Katz, the Edwardian Ball impresario, and once again I had a lot of fun making this poster!

My Edwardian Ball posters always have an edge of social critique in them. They are done with a wink and a nod, in keeping with the enjoyment of attending such an elaborate period pageant.

Most of the attendees also realize that the Edwardian era was one of unabashed and ostentatious oligarchy, unrivaled economic imperialism and a presumed European superiority complex. It’s all of these things that makes the period so bizarre to us today. I’ve always endeavored to reveal this outrageous and bizarre sense of imperial entitlement in my Edwardian Ball posters, and keep them wild and fun.

My poster this year is a fanciful portrait of famed New York titan and oligarch, John Jacob Astor IV, with his pregnant, 18 year old, newlywed wife Madeleine — during their deliciously scandalous honeymoon to France and Egypt — on an evening walk outside the Paris Opera sometime before returning to America aboard the Titanic.

The wealthiest man aboard the doomed ship, and with $25,000 cash discovered frozen in his pocket, Astor went down with the ship. A cautionary tale for the Trump Era.

Read more about Chuck Sperry & his newest art book here

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KQED Arts: One Year Later, How Are Artists Dealing With Trump? by Rachael Myrow

From KQED Arts: One Year Later, How Are Artists Dealing With Trump? by Rachael Myrow on January 19, 2018.

As KQED Arts reported last year, rock poster artist Chuck Sperry turned his attention in 2017 toward politics, designing posters for both the Women’s March and the March for Science.Women's March Poster by Chuck Sperry

When we caught up with him this year, he’d just delivered 4,500 posters to Las Vegas and Washington, D.C. for their respective Women’s Marches on Jan. 20. This year, he plans to be in Oakland and San Francisco distributing his posters by hand and protesting the current administration, which he calls “anti-democratic, autocratic even. We need to take back control of Congress. My efforts are aimed at preserving our democracy, which is a very basic American core issue.”

For his part, Sperry vows to continue to create art for marches and other resistance activities until the current administration is removed from power. And he knows he’s not alone.

“I have been encouraged by the commitment of people who have spoken out strongly and in no uncertain terms against the ignorance, corruption and bigotry of the government in power,” he says. “The party in power has so debased its own values that there will be a reckoning from the common-sense American voter. We need to keep on the offensive, be seen on the streets, and heard in the media.” — Rachael Myrow

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KQED Arts: One Year Later, How Are Artists Dealing With Trump? by Rachael Myrow

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Ron Donovan Memorial in San Francisco

I have been busy printing posters for my old friend and partner Ron Donovan. All of Ron’s friends and family will be gathering to have a big blow out for our dear departed Hawaiian International Silkscreen Superstar! Here’s a tease of three of the six posters which will be released at the Parkside in San Francisco on Sunday, January 21  at 6 pm.

Posters below are by me, Chris Shaw and Winston Smith. Posters by Jon-Paul Bail, Scott Johnson and Jorge Gamboa will be available at the show!

I will be making a very limited online release of my poster on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at a random time!

Chuck Sperry Ron Donovan

Ron Donovan Memorial by Chuck Sperry
18 x 24
Edition of 100
5 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Other posters will be sold by their respective creators:

Ron Donovan Memorial by Chris Shaw
18 x 24
Edition of 100
3 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Ron Donovan Memorial by Winston Smith
18 x 24
Edition of 100
5 Colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Ron Donovan Memorial bash – this Sunday!

Memorial For Ron Donovan
SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 2018 – 4:00 PM

Live music by:
MCM & The Monster, Ted Zeppelin, The Jackson Saints, Eddy Jennings

MORE INFO:
http://www.theeparkside.com/event/303637

Contributions for the RON DONOVAN LEGACY FUND to:
https://www.gofundme.com/ron-donovan-legacy-fund

THEE PARKSIDE
1600 17TH Street
SF – CA

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