Chuck Sperry

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Special Releases at Festival of Rock Posters & Hangar 18 Open Studio

Looking forward to seeing you at TRPS Festival of Rock Posters at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, and at my special Open Studio Party at Hangar 18 entitled, “Hometown Disadvantage,” 1428 34th Street in Oakland California.

I will be showing and releasing my TRPS Festival of Rock Posters poster at both events (see below).

In addition, I will have some very special limited variants available to participants of my Open Studio on Friday, October 18, and at TRPS Festival of Rock Posters on Saturday, October 19 (see below).

Also, I’m proud to share an awesome eight page article about my work which was published in the September issue of Visual Magazine, one of the biggest art and design magazines in the world. Author David Moreu really got in-depth, many thanks to him! Check all the many new reviews on my press and reviews section HERE.

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The Rock Poster Society, Festival of Rock Posters, 2013

22 x 35

Edition of 75

7 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

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Widespread Panic • Spring Tour 2013

20.75 x 35

Wave Foil Edition of 15 

6 colors on wave foil

Signed and Numbered

(NB: The Wave Foil Edition is like The Alabaster Lady, with the addition of green-metallic. The green metallic is missing in the five dots – to the right – in the black tour date box at the bottom, so I held this edition from online release.)

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Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 Poster

22 x 32

Bronze Edition of 15

6 colors on bronze metallic paper

Signed and Numbered

SPERRY-SILVER

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 Poster

22 x 32

Silver  Edition of 15

6 colors on silver metallic paper

Signed and Numbered

SPERRY-GOLD

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 Poster

22 x 32

Gold  Edition of 15

6 colors on gold metallic paper

Signed and Numbered

SPERRY-WAVE-FOIL

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 Poster

22 x 32

Wave Foil  Edition of 15

6 colors on wave foil

Signed and Numbered

 

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The Rock Poster Society, Festival of Rock Posters on Saturday, October 19

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The Rock Poster Society, Festival of Rock Posters, 2013

22 x 35

Edition of 75

7 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

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I’ll be making a very limited release of my TRPS poster at my Open Studio Party, “Hometown Disadvantage,” on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 6pm to 11pm.

A part of the edition will be reserved for release at The Rock Poster Society’s Festival of Rock Posters on Saturday, October 19, 2013, doors open at 10 am.

Stay tuned for online release information, as the edition may sell out at these shows.

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The always spectacular TRPS Festival of Rock Posters is coming on Saturday, October 19, 2013. This event is at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco; it’s the biggest poster event of its kind anywhere in the world. Show is open from 10 am to 6 pm. This is a one of a kind event, gathering all the best poster artists and poster dealers from around the world.

For more information, directions and to see the stellar list of artists and dealers attending, visit the TRPS website HERE.

Please join the Facebook event listing for The Festival of Rock Posters HERE.

Admission varies depending on what time you arrive:

Admission at 10 am is $20 for non-TRPS members, $5 for members
Admission at 11 am is $10 for non-TRPS members, $5 for members
Admission is free from 3pm to 6pm.

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Also, remember to join us for an evening reception at The Hangar 18 Open Studio Party with artists Chuck Sperry and Chris Shaw on Friday, October 18, 2013 from 6pm to 11pm, a celebration of The Rock Poster Society’s Festival of Posters 2013 and Expressobeans 10th Anniversary. The party is free and open to the public.

This will be a very nice opportunity for local and out-of-town attendees and artists of TRPS Festival of Posters to mix in an informal and fun atmosphere. Let’s celebrate website Expressobeans on it’s 10th Anniversary!

Chris Shaw will be showing his paintings, Chuck Sperry will be showing his large format screenprints, and both Chuck Sperry and Chris Shaw will present new posters, rarities and surprises.

Join our Facebook event listing HERE

“Hometown Disadvantage”

Hangar 18 Open Studio Party

with Chuck Sperry and Chris Shaw

at Hangar 18 Studio Gallery

1428 34th Street, Oakland, CA

Friday, October 18, 2013

6 pm to 11 pm

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Sperry Creating Visual Identity of Paris Restaurant, Blue Valentine, Opens November 2013

Blue Valentine, at 13 rue de la Pierre-Levée, 75011 Paris, is a new restaurant themed on my art, and will open in the first half of November.

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I am very proud to be a central part of this project, which was dreamed up by my dear friend Léna Balacco, who owns two restaurants in Paris already, and is opening her third inspired by my art. I introduced Léna and my god-daughter Elvis Balacco to many of you who attended the Rock Art By The Bay event here in San Francisco last July.

Blue Valentine will serve superb French food, tasty cocktails, organic beers and wines; it will be an excellent place for my friends and fans to stop and eat or drink, whenever they should find themselves in Paris.

I’ve created the visual identity of the restaurant, logo, cards, coasters, window, bar and table design, and painted a mural design on the ceiling. The pieces from my very special show in Italy will permanently be on display at Blue Valentine – and available for acquisition – for drinkers and diners.

Restaurant manager, expert bartender and friendly conversationalist Thomas King will be there to greet you; Thomas is from Chicago, mixes excellent cocktails, and will make you feel right at home.

Here are some photos of my work on the ceiling painting for Blue Valentine in late August through early September, just a taste of the great restaurant being born:

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Chuck Sperry Exhibition at l’Oeil Ouvert, Paris

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I’m very happy to announce that I have an exhibition opening in Paris at l’Oeil Ouvert, an outstanding gallery specializing in limited edition art prints and photography in Le Marais district, 74 rue François Miron 75004 Paris, metro: Saint Paul. The show opens on October 15 and runs until November 15. (I will not be in attendance; this exhibition is a special preview of a more extensive show coming next summer which I will be attending.)

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Mondo Bizzarro, June 7, Documentation “The Flowers of Popular Victories” Tour

Continuing the documentation of “The Flower of Popular Victories” Tour, I’m sharing photos (below poem) by Patty Brady aka Patty Ramona. I was stoked to meet a lot of good people at my opening, see old friends, and share my new pieces with my public in Rome at Mondo Bizzarro Gallery.

I was delighted to meet poet Alessandra Bava, to whom I was introduced by Alan Kaufman, President of The Free University of San Francisco. Alessandra Bava works closely with San Francisco Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman, and she is a member of Rome’s Revolutionary Poets Brigade. She and I exchanged gifts; she gave me her great book of poems called, Guerrilla Blues, and I gave her a Patti Smith poster in return. Later Alessandra Bava sent me a beautiful poem written to my art piece “Thalia” (many heartfelt thanks!):

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My Muse or, Chuck Sperry’s Thalia

My muse is so art nouveau, yet popular.
My muse is so Rauschenberg and Mucha.
My muse hangs on a roman wall
crowned with a halo of flowers of rage.

Her eyes are closed. Her arms spread
wide open. She stamps her feet to the
ground and shakes her fists to the world.
The most ardent ink melts in her veins.

She sings all kinds of injustice that I see
and write down in form of mute golden
prayers. She demands I wrap my
leaves of paper in liquid poppy fire.

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