I’m very happy to announce that I have an exhibition opening in Paris at l’Oeil Ouvert, an outstanding gallery specializing in limited edition art prints and photography in Le Marais district, 74 rue François Miron 75004 Paris, metro: Saint Paul. The show opens on October 15 and runs until November 15. (I will not be in attendance; this exhibition is a special preview of a more extensive show coming next summer which I will be attending.)
Continuing the documentation of “The Flower of Popular Victories” Tour, I’m sharing photos (below poem) by Patty Brady aka Patty Ramona. I was stoked to meet a lot of good people at my opening, see old friends, and share my new pieces with my public in Rome at Mondo Bizzarro Gallery.
I was delighted to meet poet Alessandra Bava, to whom I was introduced by Alan Kaufman, President of The Free University of San Francisco. Alessandra Bava works closely with San Francisco Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman, and she is a member of Rome’s Revolutionary Poets Brigade. She and I exchanged gifts; she gave me her great book of poems called, Guerrilla Blues, and I gave her a Patti Smith poster in return. Later Alessandra Bava sent me a beautiful poem written to my art piece “Thalia” (many heartfelt thanks!):
My Muse or, Chuck Sperry’s Thalia
My muse is so art nouveau, yet popular.
My muse is so Rauschenberg and Mucha.
My muse hangs on a roman wall
crowned with a halo of flowers of rage.
Her eyes are closed. Her arms spread
wide open. She stamps her feet to the
ground and shakes her fists to the world.
The most ardent ink melts in her veins.
She sings all kinds of injustice that I see
and write down in form of mute golden
prayers. She demands I wrap my
leaves of paper in liquid poppy fire.
Paul Blockey filmed and edited this video in 2013, much respect and many thanks!
“Hometown Disadvantage”
Hangar 18 Open Studio Party
with Chuck Sperry and Chris Shaw
at Hangar 18 Studio Gallery
1428 34th Street, Oakland, CA
Friday, October 18, 2013
6 pm to 11 pm
Join us for an evening reception at The Hangar 18 Open Studio Party with artists Chuck Sperry and Chris Shaw on Friday, October 18, 2013 from 6pm to 11pm, a celebration of The Rock Poster Society’s Festival of Posters 2013 and Expressobeans 10th Anniversary. The party is free and open to the public.
This will be a very nice opportunity for local and out-of-town attendees and artists of TRPS Festival of Posters to mix in an informal and fun atmosphere. Let’s celebrate website Expressobeans on it’s 10th Anniversary!
Chris Shaw will be showing his paintings, Chuck Sperry will be showing his large format screenprints, and both Chuck Sperry and Chris Shaw will present new posters, rarities and surprises.
Facebook event listing HERE
About Hangar 18 (H18):
Hangar 18 is a showcase for artwork in the unique setting of Chuck Sperry’s screen printing studio in Oakland. The H18 Project is an ongoing pop up gallery where we present collectors with a unique studio experience, visiting the iconic Bay Area artist Chuck Sperry and artists who have collaborated with or influenced him.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, San Francisco
32 x 21.5
Regular Edition of 225
7 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, San Francisco
32 x 21.5
Opal Edition of 10
7 colors on metallic opal paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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“Amphitrite” Art Print
32 x 21.5
Art Print Edition of 9
6 colors on metallic opal paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
Back in the saddle, and happy to be back printing and feeling in top form with my newest Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros poster. ESMZ played the America’s Cup Pavilion in San Francisco tonight and it was a beautiful night under the moonlight, with Coit Tower shining down on everyone from the top of Telegraph Hill. The band was in good form tonight, and getting ready for their huge new pet project – “Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Big Top” which is coming up on October 17 through 20. My ESMZ poster is inspired by Amphitrite, ancient goddess of the sea, a sailor’s goddess, paying homage to the America’s Cup and the concert setting right on The Bay at Pier 29. I realized my Edward Sharpe poster with 7 painterly layers of ink, intricate textures, and waves of heavy metallic silver and thick gold foam, suggestive of the sea but also implying waves of music washing across the listener. I worked very intensively for two consecutive print sessions to complete this one; I’m very, very happy with the resulting print! This one sold out before Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros took the stage.
Hi-Fructose • September 20, 2013 • by Nastia Voynovskaya
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. Learn More…
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