Chuck Sperry

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From The Archive: Psychedelic Secession 2010 Poster – On Sale!

To celebrate the massive success of my skateboard design with Nick Cave (Read More), I’m opening my archive to release the print version (from 2010) of my Nick Cave skateboard design (April 2018).

In 2010 I made a well-documented European rock art tour for two months, visiting Italy, France, Switzerland and the UK. Read More

My original tour statement: “The Europe 2010 Tour is called “Psychedelic Secession,” and is aimed at connecting to poster movements of the Decadent Period and Belle Epoque in Europe, folding that connection into the Psychedelic Period of San Francisco in the 1960’s, and moving ahead at the forefront of the present modern global silkscreen poster movement.”

In a rare opportunity, this Sperry classic from 2010 will be made available from my archive reserve.

I will be making this very limited online release (right here in this post) on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at a random time.

Important: This release is a mystery tube; I will randomly ship one of the 8 posters shown below for each purchase.

Psychedelic Secession 2010
Firehouse Tour Posters
10 x 35
Edition of 30 each
4 color silkscreen
Printed on different colored paper for each.
Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT – Thank You!

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I want to welcome a lot of newcomers to my site! I’ll quickly explain how my releases on my website are conducted. My “Psychedelic Secession” posters will be available, right here, in this post on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at a random time. A paypal “Buy Now” button will appear under the price (above). Good luck to everyone, and as always, I am very appreciative of your support!

 

 

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Sperry at “Mermay” Art Show at Modern Eden Gallery

Siren by Chuck Sperry for Modern Eden Mermay
Siren, 2018
17.5 x 33
Oak Panel Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Originally produced in 2015 as a screenprint on paper for the ocean environmental activist foundation Pangea Seed, my latest print on oak panel, “Siren”, is meant as warning. My imagination has always been drawn to this mythical being – dangerous and enchanting – whose form is an enthralling warning. The Siren dances and sings like the sea itself, seducing us with her sound, movement and beauty.

Long ago, on November 5, 1965, prominent climate scientists Roger Revelle, Wallace Broecker, Charles Keeling, Harmon Craig, and J Smagorisnky met with US President Lyndon Johnson and warned him of their findings on Climate Change. By 1974, Wallace Broekner had modeled his prediction for the affects of accumulated carbon dioxide on the global surface temperature of the Earth.

His predictions remain accurate to this day.

I am alarmed by the state of our planet’s environment. I grew up with the warnings. The predicted changes are here now.

It’s clearly time to act. Please be mindful and give your care to the environment. It’s time to do what you can to become a good steward of the environment.

“Mermay” Art Show at Modern Eden Gallery 

Exhibition Dates: May 12–June 1, 2018

Opening Reception: May 12, 2018  6-9 pm

Wednesday–Saturday, 12 pm–6 pm

Modern Eden Gallery

801 Greenwich Street, San Francisco, CA 94133

(415) 956-3303

Inquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Artists: Redd Walitzki, Kai Carpenter, Kelly McKernan, Sheri DeBow, Chuck Sperry, Glenn Arthur, Stephanie Law, Megan Buccere, Mary Syring, Jackie Gallagher, Kindra Nikole, Lara Dann, Marie Larkin, Jel Ena, Sybiline, Primary Hughes, Tracy Lewis, Julie Filipenko, Marie Eve-Proteau, Vahge, Paolo Petrangeli, Richard Ahnert, Amandalynn, Aunia Kahn, David Natale, Pippa McManus, Phillip Hua, Jessica So Ren Tang, Jessica Dalva, Michael Ramstead, Kurtis Rykovich, Erich J. Moffitt, Avery Palmer, & Rich Pellegrino

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Sperry Installation with Spoke Art at Art on Paper, New York

I’m incredibly excited to be showing my art with Spoke Art (booth 101) at the Art on Paper Fair debuting tonight at Pier 36 in New York City!

Art on Paper, Armory Show, Chuck Sperry

Art on Paper, Armory Show, Chuck Sperry

For the fair, I’ll be exhibiting a brand new panel and paper print (the Sphinx) along with a very limited selection of archive panels and posters.

Attendees tonight will have first chance at picking up panels, paper prints and archived works.

You can learn more about the event by visiting Spoke Art’s website or you can request a complimentary VIP pass by contacting the gallery directly at [email protected].

The fair will be open until Sunday. Please join us!

To learn more: http://thepaperfair.com/ny

Art on Paper, Armory Show, Chuck Sperry

Art on Paper, Armory Show, Chuck Sperry

Art on Paper, Armory Show, Chuck Sperry

Art on Paper, Armory Show, Chuck Sperry

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Sperry x Spoke Art at Art on Paper, New York

Spoke Art is incredibly excited to announce our debut at Art on Paper! Find us at Booth #101. For this year’s Art on Paper, we will be exhibiting work by Chuck Sperry, Penny, and select works from our ongoing Moleskine Project.

Complimentary VIP passes are available, to inquire please email the gallery at [email protected].

Art on Paper is located at Pier 36, 299 South Street in Downtown Manhattan.

Fair Hours:

Thursday, March 8th – VIP Preview – 6:00 – 10:00pm

Friday, March 9th – 11:00am – 7:00pm

Saturday, March 10th – 11:00am – 7:00pm

Sunday, March 11th – 12:00 – 6:00 pm

The Sphinx, 2018 by Chuck Sperry

Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 6:00 pm

Release of new editions by Chuck Sperry

We are pleased to announce that we will be releasing an edition of Chuck Sperry’s “The Sphinx” (seen above) on wood panel, as well as an edition and variants on paper. Please note: This release will be first come, first served and there will be no daily allocations and no lottery. Attendees will be able to purchase one panel (while they last), one archive paper print and one copy of “The Sphinx”. Customers must be at least 18 years of age.

Please join us for the opening night reception if you would like to purchase a copy of “The Sphinx” or any of the archive editions that we will have on hand, as we expect these to sell quickly. As always, we recommend lining up early.

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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.

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