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Sperry Opens Show in Paris at L’Oeil Ouvert December 14

FUTURE IN THE BALANCE
The Art of Chuck Sperry

14 December 2024 to 31 January 2025
Opening: Saturday, December 14

L’Oeil Ouvert Gallery
1 rue Lucien Sampaix
75010 Paris (metro: République)

PARIS, FRANCE: My solo exhibition “Future In The Balance” opens Saturday, December 14 and will be on view through January 31, 2025 at L’Oeil Ouvert Gallery, Paris where I will be showing new works, archive rarities, test prints and wood panels. 

“The artworks featured in the “Future In The Balance” exhibition reach for a personal politics, a deeper connection to change and evolution, by connecting with the archetypes at the foundation of our humanist experiment in democracy. I have always maintained that beauty strengthens my message. My current work has much more to do with symmetry and proportion, color and balance. It’s a utopian provocation; while the present era couldn’t be more off balance, more dystopian. I want my work to provoke meditation and emotional responses to its clear colors, balance and symmetry — to give courage, light and beauty to all of us trapped in an ugly historical moment. I think of my work from the last few years as defiant in these dark times. I like to think I give people courage through it. It gives me courage to work on it.” – Chuck Sperry

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Joy, 2024
20 x 30
Edition of 30
Screen print on oak panel
Signed and numbered

Informed by art historical figures such as Gustave Moreau and William Morris, combined with poetry and Greek Mythology, Chuck Sperry has cultivated a distinct style brimming with exuberance and energy. Refining his vision through his masterful printing expertise, Sperry creates ethereal and psychedelically saturated screen prints that draw crowds of dedicated fans around the world.

Creating work for musicians such as Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Patti Smith and The Black Keys in addition to his fine art screen prints on wood panel and paper, Chuck Sperry has also used his artwork for social activism and change. The artist describes his political participation – “Freedom of Speech is our most powerful weapon, and it’s a driving force in my art.”

Chuck Sperry splits his time between his home in Grasse, France and his home in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco where he is inspired by the natural settings and flower power of both.

Pneuma, 2024
30 x 20
Edition of 30
Screen print on oak panel
Signed and numbered

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Sperry’s “RATIFIED” Poster • Online Launch with EQL

Ratified, 2024
21 x 31.5
Edition of 300
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and numbered

I am honored to have been asked to create a poster for RATIFIED, a documentary film directed by Deborah Riley Draper and Sabaah Folayan currently premiering across the United States, and soon to be shown nationally on PBS. My poster was available at the San Francisco screening I organized, hosted by Spoke Art at the Roxie Theater. My limited edition, screen printed RATIFIED poster is now available online to my friends and supporters by EQL launch.

RATIFIED is a feature documentary about the 100-year struggle for constitutional gender equality, an inspiring story of a multi-racial, multi-generational, bi-partisan effort to make Virginia the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.  It’s also a story of how bureaucracy is used to stifle progress, and it takes a close look at the incredible perseverance of women – specifically, the Black women leaders who have taken their rightful place at the front of the movement for gender equality. Our impact campaign will activate 15,000,000 Americans on the issue of gender equality. 

A portion of money raised from the sale of my RATIFIED poster goes to Vote Equality to support the urgent effort to publish the ERA.

I will make a limited online launch of my RATIFIED poster through EQL opening on Friday, November 15, 2024 at 9 am PST. The launch closes on Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 9 pm PST. The ballot will be open for 60 hours. As long as you enter during this timeframe, time of entry does not impact your chances of purchase. There will be one live launch for the “RATIFIED” poster. You are free to register once for the launch. Multiple entries for the launch will be penalized. You may only win 1 poster from the live launch within this 60 hour period. One per household.

Visit the launch page for the release (countdown and launch):

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Sperry’s “Winter Lady” Release On Meier Skis

Internationally renowned artist Chuck Sperry has adapted his award-winning artwork entitled “Winter Lady” to high-quality skis and snowboards. These are sure to excite mountain lovers. Winter Lady was designed for the 2010 Widespread Panic NYE show in Denver. This beautiful design joins Meier’s collection of three other amazing skis and snowboards designed by Chuck. Made in Denver, Colorado by Meier Skis from a premium all-wood core with a little bit of Colorado beetle-kill pine – Meier Skis are hand-crafted and great on the slopes!

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“Meier Skis has been producing quality, handmade, wood skis since 2009, and we have a reputation for building some of the best wood skis on the planet. We use sustainable, locally-sourced wood, and carefully handcraft each pair in Denver, Colorado in our very own Craft Skiery. We think we make the best skis money can buy, and we’re not alone.” – Meier Skis

There’s a commitment to hand-crafted artistry at Meier Skis that I recognize in my own work. Teaming up with Meier Skis to produce a Chuck Sperry Artist Series of snowboards and skis, underscores our mutual commitment to artistry and craft. Meier’s use of a blend of beautiful wood makes a gorgeous substrate to my designs, and has an impact equal to my wood panel art prints on skis and boards you can use (by choosing your model & size) or display (by choosing wall art option).

 

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Chuck Sperry’s Gary Clark Jr Poster Release with EQL

Gary Clark Jr., Hollywood Bowl 2024
35 x 22
Edition of 500
6 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Concert goers were treated to a very special evening of Gary Clark Jr.’s virtuosic, soulful musicianship at the illustrious Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday. I was inspired to create Mr. Clark’s portrait for the poster, basing my stylized likeness on a gorgeous photo by Frank Maddocks, and seizing the opportunity to weave my signature floral patterns in gold, copper, and rich earth tones throughout.

I will make a limited online launch of my Gary Clark Jr. poster and its variants through EQL opening on Friday, August 23, 2024 at 6 pm PST. The launch closes on Monday, August 26, 2024 at 6 pm PST. The ballot will be open for 72 hours. As long as you enter during this timeframe, time of entry does not impact your chances of purchase.

There will be four live launches: 1 launch for each print edition (regular, silver, sparkle foil, lava foil).
You are free to register once for each launch. Multiple entries per launch will be penalized.
You may only win 1 poster from all the live launches within this 72 hour period. One per household.
Visit the launch page for the release (countdown and launch):

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Anyone who has listened to a Gary Clark Jr. album or watched the four-time Grammy Award winner perform live knows that he’s a gifted multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and performer. And never more so than on his last album, 2019’s illuminating This Land. But while This Land signaled a breakthrough in displaying his musical versatility beyond the blues, his latest album, JPEG RAW, represents a quantum leap.

As he prepares now for the release of JPEG RAW, what does Clark want listeners to take away from his forthcoming album? “Breathe,” he urges. “Then go outside and listen to the birds as you look up at the sky. Appreciate the things you do have. Hopefully, the album resonates with positivity and hope. It’s really not about me, so take me out of the equation. This is yours now.”

Gary Clark Jr., Hollywood Bowl 2024
35 x 22
Silver Edition of 25
6 colors on metallic silver paper
Signed and Numbered

Gary Clark Jr., Hollywood Bowl 2024
35 x 22
Sparkle Foil Edition of 25
6 colors on sparkle foil
Signed and Numbered

Gary Clark Jr., Hollywood Bowl 2024
35 x 22
Lava Foil Edition of 50
6 colors on lava foil
Signed and Numbered

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Chuck Sperry Solo Coming to Paris

Only Human
A solo exhibition by Chuck Sperry
June 1 – June 22, 2024

L’Oeil Ouvert Gallery of Paris is pleased to present Chuck Sperry in “Only Human” — a solo art exposition by the world famous printmaking master. 

Vernissage:
Saturday, June 1
18:00 to 22:00

L’Oeil Ouvert Gallery
1 rue Lucien Sampaix
Paris 75010

Hours: Tues – Sat • 11:00 – 19:00

Building on shows in San Francisco, New York and ongoing at the SFMOMA Chuck Sperry comes to Paris, host of the Olympics 2024.

Inspired by our human impulse to create, Chuck Sperry’s solo exhibition Only Human at L’Oeil Ouvert Gallery underscores what it means to be a maker in the 21st century. The exhibition spans Sperry’s long and influential career, featuring new silkscreen prints from the artist’s ongoing “Muse” series and rare works from his archive. Straddling fine art, entertainment, and craftsmanship, Sperry believes being “only” human is something extraordinary.

Please join us on Saturday, June 1 from 18h to 22h at 1 rue Lucien Sampaix in Paris 75010 for the opening of Only Human. The artist will be in attendance.

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