Chuck Sperry

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Chuck Sperry & PangeaSeed “Oceanid” Print Release

PangeaSeed and Chuck Sperry are pleased to announce the ninth print release of the 2014 print suite “HOME: A Fine Art Print Suite for Threatened Ocean Habitats”. September’s print release helping to raise awareness for estuaries and the species that call this fragile environment “home.”

PANGEA WEB

Artist: Chuck Sperry
Title: “Oceanid”
Habitat: Estuaries
Printmaker: designed and printed by Chuck Sperry at Hangar 18 in Oakland, California.
Print details: 7 colors on archival cream paper
Dimensions: 31”x 21” inch
Edition size: Limited edition of 100 signed / numbered prints
Price: $100 USD – plus shipping (please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery)

PANGEA BLUE OPAL

“Oceanid”
31” x 21”
Blue Opal Metallic Edition of 10
7 colors on blue opal metallic paper
Signed and Numbered
Price $200

PANGEA LIGHT GREEN

“Oceanid”
31” x 21”
Light Green Metallic Edition of 10
7 colors on light green metallic paper
Signed and Numbered
Price $200

Prints will be available for purchase at 12pm PST Tuesday, September 23, 2014 via shop.PangeaSeed.org

Artist Statement:
I chose to bring attention to the Estuary Environment in my print depicting the sea-dwelling, nature spirit “Oceanid” for Pangea Seed. I live in San Francisco and I am part of the Estuary Environment of the Bay Area. Estuary dwellers, whether they be marine mammal, fish or fowl – or human being – are my kind of people! Many weekends me and my girlfriend can be found roving the Northern California Coast with binoculars, spotting harbor seals and sea lions.

My dawning realization that we are all interconnected by the fragility of the environment has found me upgrading my printing methods for a low environmental impact with my new wash-out sink filtration system and ink clean-up disposal and recycling. Making these changes took some effort, some expense, and are by no means perfect, but I’m doing my best. I am blessed to share my little sunny spot in nature with incredible beings, and I feel incredibly honored to be part of Pangea Seed’s efforts to protect our precious ocean environment.

For more information on how you can help save our seas, please visit PangeaSeed.org

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Spoke Art to release Sperry’s “Sisters”

Spoke Art is excited to announce the release of “Sisters”, a fine art diptych by artist Chuck Sperry. Earlier this month our sister gallery, Hashimoto Contemporary, debuted the oak variants of this edition at the Art Market San Francisco fine art fair, where they sold out quickly.

“Sisters” will be available on Friday, June 6th 2014. Each print is limited to only 80 signed and numbered copies, one per household. Available at approximately 3pm PST via Spoke Art’s online store.

RIGHT SISTER

 

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Chuck Sperry to exhibit with Hashimoto Contemporary at Art Market San Francisco, May 16-18

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Sister (blue)
23 x 35
Oak Panel Edition of 15
7 colors om oak panel
Signed and Numbered

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Sister (green)
23 x 35
Oak Panel Edition of 15
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Available through Spoke Art / Hashimoto Contemporary at Art Market in San Francisco.

We are honored to announce that our sister gallery, Hashimoto Contemporary (located just three doors down from Spoke Art) will be exhibiting this weekend at Art Market San Francisco, the Bay Area’s most established contemporary and modern fine art fair.

Please join us this weekend where we will be exhibiting new and recent works from Brett Amory, Joel Daniel Phillips, Crystal Wagner, Jessica Hess, Scott Scheidly, Erik Jones, Scott Hove, Mario Wagner, Jason Seife, Shawn Huckins and Chuck Sperry.

Please note: we will not be taking pre-orders on the Chuck Sperry regular paper prints, those will be released online at a later date.

To learn more about this event, please visit the Art Market website here.

For a insightfully written overview of Sperry’s art and journey read Ben Marks’ article which appeared in Boing Boing on May 14, 2014 HERE

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Spoke Art x Chuck Sperry at C2E2 Chicago

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EQUITY COLOR WEB

“Equity”
18 x 24
Edition of 50
7 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered
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This print and it’s variants (which Spoke Art will be revealing) will be available at C2E2 Chicago April 25 through April 27, 2014 through Spoke Art’s booth #756.
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LXII.

TO EQUITY.

O Blessed Equity, mankind’s delight,
Th’ eternal friend of conduct just and right:
Abundant, venerable, honor’d maid,
To judgments pure, dispensing constant aid,

A stable conscience, and an upright mind;
For men unjust, by thee are undermin’d,
Whose souls perverse thy bondage ne’er desire,
But more untam’d decline thy scourges dire:
Harmonious, friendly power, averse to strife,
In peace rejoicing, and a stable life;
Lovely, loquacious, of a gentle mind,
Hating excess, to equal deeds inclin’d:
Wisdom, and virtue of whate’er degree,
Receive their proper bound alone in thee.
Hear, Goddess Equity, the deeds destroy
Of evil men, which human life annoy;
That all may yield to thee of mortal birth,
Whether supported by the fruits of earth,
Or in her kindly fertile bosom found,
or in the depths of Marine Jove profound.

— Hymns of Orpheus

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“Aeon” by Sperry in “Universe: The Art of Existence”

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Aeon, 2014
16 x 20
Edition of 10
7 color screen printed on white oak (framed)
Signed and Numbered (inside the image)

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A limited number of this edition of oak panels will be available through Modern Eden Gallery from April 12 until May 3, 2014.

Michael Cuffe (founder of the contemporary arts site Warholian) is curating an excellent group show at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco. I’m very happy to announce I’m invited to take part.

My piece is called “Aeon” which has many meanings: life, being, age, forever, eternity, and in scientific cosmology refers to the cyclical period between Big Bangs. Plato used the word to refer to the eternal world of ideas. I like to think that the Universe is only matched by our capacity to imagine.

Opening Reception: Saturday April 12, 2014 6-10 pm
Exhibition Dates: April 12 – May 3, 2014

UNIVERSE: Art of Existence will bring together artists from San Francisco and beyond on the subject of space, the cosmos, galaxies, celestial bodies, planets, stars, etc. I also welcome the larger outer paradigm of the Universe to relate to things of an atomic scale such as elements of quantum physics, atoms, energy streams, etc. in the art works if the artist chooses. There are many ways an artist can create with the Universe subject matter. I want every artist to feel free to choose to be direct with their work, or to think outside of the box if they choose – the Universe itself is both an outer and inner world.

A fun fact about this exhibition is that it is being put together under a short time frame. I’m looking for fresh work, and new inspiring artistic ideas.  I’m hoping to see the artists really flow their best creative energy into this project – and see it as a joint effort – to be part of an exhibition that is also an experiment in creativity. It’s my belief, that after seeing so many bodies of work produced by a broad range of successful artists, that many works come together best under a deadline. It’s inspiring to realize the powerful potential of artists, and it’s so much more fun to see a large exhibition created in a short time frame!  Especially from such a talented group!

Featuring: Rick Berry, Trevor Young, Casey Gray, Charmaine Olivia, Mab Graves, John Wentz, Christina Mrozik, Jaclyn Alderete, Brenton Bostwick, Leilani Bustamante, Alec Huxley, Lyrica Glory, Meryl Pataky, Michael Cuffe, Steve Javiel, Melissa Morgan, Bradley Platz, Daniel J. Valadez, Helice Wen, Steve Hughes, Olivia Chen, Syd Bee, Cory Benhatzel, Chris Blackstock, Joshua Coffy, Ryan De La Hoz, Carly Ivan Garcia, Jane Kenoyer, Jake Kobrin, Hugh Leeman, Leon Loucheur, Johannah O’ Donnell, Rich Pellegrino, Jena Rockwood, Eve Skylar, Adam Caldwell, Michael Page, David Natale, Chuck Sperry, Xiau-Fong Wee, Adam Ziskie, Melissa Hartley, Marcos Lafarga, Lee Harvey Roswell, Allison “Hueman” Torneros, C3 – Christopher Charles Curtis, Martin Stensaas, David Marc Grant, Robert Bowen, Wendy Gadzuk, Andrea McLeod, Holly Matthews, Erik Flores, Donia, Amy Mastrine, Kaitlin Beckett, Lisa Kurt, Gemma Bayly, Penelope Moore, Peter Chan, Dave MacDowell, Scott Listfield, and a special online video performance art piece from Sarah Muehlbauer.

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

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