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.

Read more about Chuck Sperry & his newest art book here

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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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Sperry In Serigraph Invitational Expo at Spoke Art, SF

Spoke SF is pleased to present SERIGRAPH INVITATIONAL, a dynamic group exhibition celebrating screen printing and analog print making as both a medium and a process. This comprehensive survey includes artists from a wide variety of genres including:

Florian Bertmer, Bungaloo, Burlesque Design, Sam Wolfe Connelly, Rhys Cooper, Craig Drake, Matt Dye, Jeremy Fish, Jayde Fish, Icy & Sot, Nikita Kaun, Landland, Aj Masthay, David Moscati, Prefab77, Jermaine Rogers, Justin Santora, Snik, Chuck Sperry, Marq Spusta, Matt Taylor, Jeff Wood and Zoltron

RSVP for opening night via the event page here.

All prints will be available first to attendees at the opening reception on a first come, first served basis and later online. Pre-sales will not be available for this exhibition.

I will be presenting a very limited oak panel edition of “Demeter” at Spoke Art for this show.
Spoke Art will have an allocation of Sperry’s edition on oak panel on opening night only. 

RSVP here.

Demeter, 2017
20 x 30
Edition of 30
7 colors on Oak Panel
Signed and Numbered

Read more about Chuck Sperry & his newest art book here

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Jerry Garcia “Built To Last” Limited Edition Print by Chuck Sperry

Jerry Garcia Winter by Chuck Sperry

Jerry Garcia (Winter), 2017
21 x 32
Edition of 500
9 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

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Introducing “Built To Last”, the fourth and final print in our portrait series with acclaimed artist Chuck Sperry. A limited edition run of 500 prints will be released at GarciaFamilyProvisions.com between 2pm EST and 5pm EST on Tuesday, November 21st. As with prior releases, prints will be restricted to 1 print per fan/household. Subscribe to the Jerry Garcia Newsletter at JerryGarcia.com to be among the first to receive notice when the prints are released.

The Fourth and final in a series of four screen-prints from renowned artist Chuck Sperry celebrating Jerry’s life and legacy. Each print is signed & numbered by the artist in an edition of 500.

“My fourth and final print in my portrait series, “Jerry Garcia (Winter)”, seeks to capture the wisdom and compassion of the Grateful Dead’s lead guitarist. Jerry anchored the concert hall with his good nature, while a wild, free improvisation swirled through him and around him. I wove a psychedelic paisley pattern throughout the design – and running through the iconic black t-shirt area as a matte and glaze black effect – rendered in nine colors, including bright hues, hand-blended metallics and translucent glazes. My aim is to portray the evolved Jerry, the enlightened artist who radiated peace, wisdom and compassion, and made music that was “Built to Last” – Chuck Sperry

I will be making a very limited release of my fourth and final Jerry Garcia portrait, a very special book signing of “Helikon”, and multiple print and wood panel releases – Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 2 pm – through Spoke Art Gallery at Context Art Fair during Art Basel Miami.

As an added bonus, the Dead & Co will be performing in the Miami area the next night (Friday), so twice as many reasons to come join us in Miami for a fun art-filled weekend!

Read More: Sperry’s beautiful new art book, “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” (2017)

Archives

Sperry Books: “Color x Color” • “Helikon” • “Chthoneon” • “Idyllion”

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