Chuck Sperry

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Chuck Sperry x Spoke Art at NYCC with “Dryad” Art Print

I am pleased to announce that I will have my newest art print, “Dryad”, at Spoke Art’s appearance at New York Comic Con this coming weekend. Visit Spoke Art’s booth 417 and read HERE to find out about their amazing release schedule for this year’s NYCC!

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Dryad, 2016
22.5 x 32.5
Edition of 150
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered
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Spoke Art Gallery will be making a very limited release of this print and it’s variants at booth 417 beginning Saturday, October 8th at 10AM.

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“Don’t Panic Open House” Chuck Sperry’s Hangar 18 Studio – Print Reveal

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Morgana, 2016
21 x 33
Edition of 150
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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I’d like to reveal my newest Art Print “Morgana” in a very limited edition of 150 in seven beautiful colors!

I will make a very limited online release on of this poster on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at a random time.

I will have variants, but you will have to come to my “Open House” to see! Details Below:

Join Our Facebook Event: HERE

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Friday, July 15, 2016
12 noon to 6 pm

Hangar 18
1428 34th Street (at Hollis)
Oakland, CA

I’m very happy to announce, my Third Annual Open House at Hangar 18 Studio Gallery on Friday, July 15 from 12 noon to 6 pm.

I won’t be revealing my Widespread Panic, Fox Theater, Oakland 2016 poster just yet. That’s a surprise reserved for the band at the concert!

Let’s get together for a celebration! I’d love to welcome the Widespread Panic family to Oakland, California and give everyone a warm welcome to the my studio. This is a great opportunity to visit the print studio that gave birth to some of your favorite posters for your favorite band. I’ll be making a Widespread Panic art show, an exclusive showing of my art prints on oak panel, with some special prints, rarities, and surprises available!

We will be giving people random numbers at the door at 11 am, so overnight camping is not encouraged.

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In honor of the occasion, Shakedown Gallery will be releasing five blotter art prints of five classic Chuck Sperry designs.

WEB ORANGE SUNSHINE BLOTTER

Orange Sunshine Blotter
7.5 x 7.5
Edition of 100
80# unbleached cotton paper with vegetable based inks with 1/4″ perforations
Signed and Numbered

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WEB BEATLE BLOTTER - JOHN

“I’d Love To Turn You On” • Beatle Blotter

John Blotter
6.25 x 10
Edition of 100
80# unbleached cotton paper with vegetable based inks with 1/4″ perforations
Signed and Numbered

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WEB BEATLE BLOTTER - PAUL

“I’d Love To Turn You On” • Beatle Blotter

Paul Blotter
6.25 x 10
Edition of 100
80# unbleached cotton paper with vegetable based inks with 1/4″ perforations
Signed and Numbered

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WEB BEATLE BLOTTER - GEORGE

“I’d Love To Turn You On” • Beatle Blotter

George Blotter
6.25 x 10
Edition of 100
80# unbleached cotton paper with vegetable based inks with 1/4″ perforations
Signed and Numbered

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WEB BEATLE BLOTTER - RINGO FIXXED

“I’d Love To Turn You On” • Beatle Blotter

Ringo Blotter
6.25 x 10
Edition of 100
80# unbleached cotton paper with vegetable based inks with 1/4″ perforations
Signed and Numbered

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I am very proud to announce my invited guest curator, Shakedown Gallery, at Hangar 18 Studio/Gallery. Shakedown will present a blotter art exhibition at my Hangar 18 “Don’t Panic” Open House. The display will be partially historical retrospective and partially focused on new artist release editions.

In honor of the occasion, Shakedown Gallery will be releasing five blotter art prints of five classic Chuck Sperry designs.

Chuck Sperry’s “Orange Sunshine” design is from the “Signs of Change, Art of the Firehouse” show at Varnish Fine Art in San Francisco an early 2009 release that seemed ready made for blotter art.

Made especially for the Don’t Panic show, Chuck will also be releasing his “I’d Love To Turn You On” Beatle Blotter set.

Each blotter print will be a limited edition of 100 pieces, signed and numbered by the artist.

The designs are printed on 80# unbleached cotton with vegetable based inks with 1/4″ perforations. They’re available individually or as sets with matching numbers.

There will also be APs of each design and a small number of prints from the numbered edition will be held back for later release on shakedowngallery.com.

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I will have the brand, new book, “The Outlaw Bible of American Art” (Last Gasp) on sale as well. Edited by Alan Kaufman, this new anthology of art documents movements from the Post-war to the present, and includes an 8 page profile of my work.

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The book includes: Brett Amory, James Romberger, Boris Lurie, Forrest Bess, Gertrude Stein, Tom Wolfe, Dash Snow, Carlo McCormick, Annie Sprinkle, John Yau, Allen Ginsberg, R. Crumb, Claes Oldenberg, Thomas Nozkowski, Richard Kern, Joe Coleman, Molly Crabapple, Nick Zedd, David Wojnarowicz and hundreds more!

 

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Chuck Sperry x Spoke Art at San Francisco Art Market

Spoke Art is proud to announce its participation in the upcoming Art Market Fair, hosted at the historic Fort Mason Pavilion. Our booth will feature new and recent works from gallery favorites Chuck Sperry, Helice Wen, Conrad Roset, GATS, Joan Cornellà and many more!

Spoke Art @ Art Market San Francisco 2016
April 27 – May 1, 2016

Fort Mason Center – Festival Pavilion
2 Marina Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94123

Debuting this week at Art Market San Francisco, where Chuck and Spoke Art will join over 70 international galleries for California’s premier contemporary art fair.

This new image, “Vivien” will be available as a fine art print on wood panel and paper, with variants. A small selection of older panels will be available as well (including possibly a Semele.)

Attendees at the fair will get first shot, with an allocation set aside for each day.

Learn more about the event here: http://artmarketsf.com/

Join our Facebook Event HERE

VIVIEN COLOR WEB

Vivien, 2016
16 x 33
Edition of 100
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Vivien, 2016
16 x 33
Silver Edition of 15
7 colors on silver metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

Vivien, 2016
16 x 33
Sparkle Foil Edition of 15
7 colors on sparkle foil
Signed and Numbered

Vivien, 2016
16 x 33
Lava Foil Edition of 15
7 colors on lava foil
Signed and Numbered

Vivien, 2016
15 x 32
Oak Panel Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

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Sperry Art in Museum Exhibition, “Out of Print: Pushing the Boundaries in the Art of Print”, Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Semele

Semele, 2016
20 x 30.75
Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Out of Print: Pushing the Boundaries in the Art of Print

March 19 – May 29, 2016

I am deeply honored to participate in the upcoming exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art entitled “Out of Print: Pushing the Boundaries in the Art of Print.” I will be revealing my newest piece at the exhibition in the Museum: “Semele,” an oak panel screen print, based on art made for Widespread Panic’s legendary concert at Madison Square Garden in 2013. In addition, my screen printed art panel, “Justice,” which premiered at Spoke Art Gallery’s appearance at New York Comic Convention, 2014, has been received into the permanent collection of the Museum at this exhibition.

I invite all of you to attend during the two month duration of this exciting exhibition!

“Out of Print” Opening: March 19, 2016

Seasonal Party to celebrate “Out of Print”: Friday, April 8, 2016 – Facebook Event

Thanks to everyone who contacted the Fort Wayne Museum of Art to acquire my “Semele” piece! There was overwhelming response. This piece is no longer available. 

Also on view!

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Justice, 2014
(Received into the permanent collection of the Museum)
18 x 24
Edition of 25
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

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Olympia, 2014
29 x 23
Edition of 25
8 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

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Daphne, 2014
23 x 31.5
Edition of 25
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

More about the exhibition:

Exhibiting artists: Bill Fick, Chuck Sperry, Crystal Wagner, Dennis McNett, Greg Gossel, Morning Breath, Ravi Zupa, and Troy Lovegates.

Printing is one of the oldest forms of art. Woodblock printing was the first to develop as early as 220 A.D. in China. From this point, printing evolved into many forms, most memorably by way of the invention of the printing press around 1440 that served as the most efficient way to educate the masses through newspapers and books.

In all this time the medium is still relevant, but more important, artists are finding new ways with which to use old methods. This exhibition showcases a select handful of artists who are reshaping the old ways into new on multiple levels.

This body of work serves as evidence that traditional printing is far from obsolete, but it will continue to be used and expanded by artists looking for new ways to express themselves: in with the new, and out and with the old.

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More about the Chuck Sperry:

Born in 1962 in Dayton, Ohio, Chuck Sperry received his education from the University of Missouri, School of Journalism, with a dual major in Art and Journalism.

For over 20 years, the artist has explored his unique signature style of silkscreen technique that blends splendid artistry with impeccable craftsmanship. With perfect precision, Sperry utilizes many color layers, translucent inks, metallic inks mixed from raw powder, in his complex designs.

The pieces Sperry selected for “Out of Print” reflect his ongoing exploration of Classical subjects updated to the 21st Century, with echoes of the Vienna Secession and Belle Époque. Sperry’s art is energized by the political street art and the concert posters he has prolifically created throughout his life. The pieces in this exhibition express the synergy of social concern and popular iconography, graffiti and detourned classical themes, political themes and imagery drawn from the Century-long world tradition of poster-making.

Renee de Cossio, curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art:

“Never known for following the consensus of any art establishment, Chuck Sperry has a strict loyalty to his craft, and has become a leading innovator of the rock poster art form.  His suspicion and disdain for mainstream American politics often characterizes his approach to making art.   With a sincere dedication to a broad public audience, Sperry reflects a social consciousness and draws much from the immediate urban environment.”

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Details of Sperry art in “Out of Print” at Fort Wayne Museum of Art:

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“Midnight In The Garden of Good & Evil” on Oak Panel, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2016

I am very proud to announce that I will be showing my newest work with Spoke Art Gallery at C2E2, the Midwest’s largest comic convention happening in Chicago this March. Please join Spoke Art at booth #568 in the Block section of the convention.

This oak panel will be exclusively released only at C2E2!

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Midnight In The Garden of Good & Evil, 2016
21 x 31
Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

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