Chuck Sperry

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“Alpha” & “Omega” Art Prints

“Alpha” 2012

23 x 35

6 colors on archival cream paper

Edition of 50

Signed and Numbered

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“Alpha” 2012

Silver Edition

23 x 35

6 colors on silver metallic paper

Edition of 10

Signed and Numbered

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“Alpha” 2012

Bronze Edition

23 x 35

5 colors on bronze metallic paper

Edition of 10

Signed and Numbered

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“Alpha” 2012

Gold Edition

23 x 35

5 colors on gold metallic paper

Edition of 10

Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT – Thank You!

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“Alpha” 2012

Birch Panel Edition

23 x 35

6 colors on birch wood panel

Edition of 15

Signed and Numbered

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“Omega” 2012

23 x 35

6 colors on archival cream paper

Edition of 50

Signed and Numbered

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“Omega” 2012

Silver Edition

23 x 35

6 colors on silver metallic paper

Edition of 10

Signed and Numbered

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“Omega” 2012

Bronze Edition

23 x 35

5 colors on bronze metallic paper

Edition of 10

Signed and Numbered

________________

“Omega” 2012

Gold Edition

23 x 35

5 colors on gold metallic paper

Edition of 10

Signed and Numbered

SOLD OUT – Thank You!

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“Omega” 2012

Birch Panel Edition

23 x 35

6 colors on birch wood panel

Edition of 15

Signed and Numbered

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My “Alpha” & “Omega” art prints, variant editions and birch panels will be released on Friday, May 18, at 4:20 pm by Varnish Fine Art at San Francisco’s coolest art festival – ArtPad at the Phoenix Hotel.

Varnish & I will be making a very limited online release here on my site on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at a random time.

Here’s a large image of the two prints side-by-side:

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From May 17 to May 20, over 10,000 art enthusiasts and collectors will return to the iconic Phoenix Hotel for the second edition of ArtPadSF, San Francisco’s only hotel-based art fair. Referred to by art community insiders as “a touch of Art Basel Miami in San Francisco,” ArtPadSF is an unparalleled crossroads for the creative and marketplace for groundbreaking contemporary art.

Meet the Varnish Fine Art crew in Room 30 at the Phoenix Hotel for ArtPadSF 2012

Featured Artists:

Jennybird Alcantara
Mike Davis
Jessica Joslin
Chris Mars
Ransom & Mitchell
Isabel Samaras
Chuck Sperry

Here’s a preview of all the fantastic art Varnish Fine Art will be laying on the public this coming weekend – click here for more details

 

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“I Stood In The Blue Darkness” Variant Editions

“I Stood In The Blue Darkness″

17 x 32

Navy Blue Edition of 10

4 colors on navy blue metallic paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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“I Stood In The Blue Darkness″

17 x 32

Jet Black Edition of 10

4 colors on jet black matte paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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“I Stood In The Blue Darkness” Art Print for “The Class of ’72” Art Show, The Flood Gallery, London

“I Stood In The Blue Darkness″

17 x 32

Edition of 50

4 colors on lapis lazuli metallic paper

Signed and Numbered

“I Stood In The Blue Darkness” will be made available at The Flood Gallery opening of “Class of ’72” Art Show, Thursday, May 3, 2012; and will be available online through The Flood Gallery the following day, Friday, May 4, 2012. 

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“I Stood In The Blue Darkness” is based on the Apollo 17 moon landing, and is inspired by Astronaut Gene Cernan’s quote:

“I stood in the blue darkness and looked in awe at the Earth from the lunar surface. What I saw was almost too beautiful to grasp”

 

Gene Cernan was the last human being to set foot on the moon, a feat he accomplished in December, 1972.

He also holds the records for longest time spent in lunar EVA, most ground covered in lunar EVA,

lunar land-speed record in his LRV – or “moon buggy” (11.2 mph),

highest yield in moon rock recovery (244 pounds).

If I were to get to hitch a ride on any of Apollo’s Moon Landings, Apollo 17 would be my ride. That Moon Buggy must have been a riot!

 

 

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“Joe Strummer, London 1975” Poster Release

“Joe Strummer, London 1975″
Chuck Sperry and Julian Yewdall
30 x 22
Edition of 50
5 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered (by Chuck Sperry)
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Sold Out – Thank You!
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“Joe Strummer, London 1975″
Chuck Sperry and Julian Yewdall
30 x 22
Bronze Edition of 12
5 colors on bronze metallic paper
Signed and Numbered (by Chuck Sperry)
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Sold Out – Thank You!
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“Joe Strummer, London 1975″
Chuck Sperry and Julian Yewdall
30 x 22
Silver Edition of 12
5 colors on silver metallic paper
Signed and Numbered (by Chuck Sperry)
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Sold Out – Thank You!
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“Joe Strummer, London 1975″
Chuck Sperry and Julian Yewdall
30 x 22
Gold Edition of 12
5 colors on gold metallic paper
Signed and Numbered (by Chuck Sperry)
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Sold Out – Thank You!
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“Joe Strummer, London 1975” Print for Dead Rockstars Show in Eugene, Oregon

“Joe Strummer, London 1975”
Chuck Sperry and Julian Yewdall
30 x 22
Edition of 50
5 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered (by Chuck Sperry)
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Here’s my contribution to the Dead Rockstars show: “Joe Strummer, London 1975”
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I’m collaborating with UK Photographer, Julian Yewdall, who is a noted chronicler of the Clash and was a former bandmate of Joe Strummer. Julian and Joe played together in the 101ers, Strummer’s band before he joined the Clash.
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Our piece is a never before released photo entitled “Joe Strummer, London, 1975.” It shows Joe Strummer smoking a hash joint in a London bar. I met Julian Yewdall in London in 2008 and he invited me to his flat, and showed me this photo.
We discussed a sort of liquid light show color treatment at the time, a merging of London punk with San Francisco psychedelia.
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Having met Bill Ham, San Francisco’s pioneering liquid light show master from the beginning of San Francisco’s psychedelic movement, I had seen the gear he uses to produce his shows and learned something of his techniques. I used film slides and oil and ink to create the liquid light show patterns that work through the print. Julian Yewdall’s reaction to the color treatment I gave the photo, “I like the way you have added to the already existing water marks and dust that I left on the original print, and the addition of colour brings a whole new dimension.”
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Dead Rockstars seemed the perfect opportunity to release this print collaboration.
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Opening reception will be February 2nd 2012 in Eugene Oregon at Blunt Graffix, a 2000 sq. ft. artist studio. Doors open at 6pm and the show runs through February 24th. The art will then move to THE WAVE Art Gallery, located in the historic Whitaker district, and remain until late March.

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