“Matt Gonzalez for Mayor of San Francisco” Poster in The Mexican Museum
MEX Collects: Recent Gifts & Acquisitions
Opens October 10, 2014 through January 18, 2015
I’m very proud to be part of this exhibition; The Mexican Museum has acquired my “Matt Gonzalez for Mayor of San Francisco” poster for it’s collection, and it is on view from October 10, 2014 to January 18, 2015.
The Mexican Museum, the premier West Coast museum of Mexican, Mexican-American, Chicano, Latin American and Latino art, culture and heritage, announces an exhibition entitled MEX Collects: Recent Gifts & Acquisitions, which will feature a dramatic selection of over 30 recent pieces recently gifted to The Mexican Museum.
The exhibition will run from Oct. 10, 2104 – Jan. 18, 2015. The Museum is located at Fort Mason Center, Building D in San Francisco. It is open Wednesday through Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
“Each of these new pieces enhances on the tremendous breadth and diversity of The Mexican Museum’s collections,” said David de la Torre, Museum Director and exhibition organizer. “We are deeply grateful for the generosity and support of the individuals who have expanded Museum collections with significant art treasures that span over two millennia.”
About The Mexican Museum: Founded by San Francisco artist Peter Rodriguez in 1975 in the heart of the Mission District, The Mexican Museum is located at Fort Mason Center, is the realization of a vision to exhibit the aesthetic expression of the Mexican and Mexican American people. Today, the museum’s vision has expanded to reflect the evolving scope of the Mexican, Chicano and Latino experience – including art, culture, history and heritage. In 2012, The Mexican Museum became an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the nation’s largest museum network. The museum currently has a permanent collection of more than 15,500 objects reflecting Pre-Hispanic, Colonial, Popular, Modern and Contemporary Mexican, Mexican-American, Latin American, Latino, and Chicano art.
Chuck Sperry in Hi-Fructose vol. 33
Hi-Fructose art magazine is on the stands with vol. 33. I’m very proud to announce that I have an 8 page, richly illustrated exposé in the new issue. Many thanks Hi-Fructose!
Hi-Fructose is a quarterly print art magazine, founded by artists, Attaboy and Annie Owens in 2005. Hi-Fructose focuses squarely on the art which transcends genre and trend, assuring readers thorough coverage and content that is informative and original. Hi-Fructose showcases an amalgamation of new contemporary, emerging as well distinguished artists, with a spotlight on awe inspiring spectacles from round the world.
The magazine’s thirty-third volume also includes a major feature on the late H.R. Giger with a memoriam by Clive Barker, a major feature on visionary painter/designer Syd Mead, the the exploded view world of T.Wei, Ellen Jewett’s intricate animal sculptures, Japanese artist Ai Yamaguchi’s Superflat paintings on rounded forms, Canadian Laurence Vallières’ cardboard assemblages, and German painter Heiko Müller’s disconcerting look at the balance between man and nature. Cover artist Kazuki Takamatsu, whose work they present in this issue’s Special Insert, uses modern 3-D technology to “sculpt” his scenes before creating his large paintings with layer upon layer of gouache. Corinne Botz captures truly haunting moments found in the game changing crime scene dioramas of Frances Glessner. Master poster artist Chuck Sperry’s dazzling approach to print making is undeniably alluring. Plus, Jerome and Joel-Peter Witkin’s new mono (or is that duo?) graph, and Skinner’s new activity book, all in one place.
Hi-Fructose is available at magazine stands, book stores, college shops, Blick stores, Chapters, every Barnes and Noble, Books A Million, comic shops, and better gallery and museum stores everywhere and shipping direct from our store.
To buy Hi-Fructose magazine online click HERE.
“Justice” Art Print, Released by Spoke Art at New York Comic Convention
I’m very proud to announce my newest art piece, “Justice” which I’ve made especially for release at Spoke Art Gallery’s appearance in New York City at the New York Comic Con.
“Justice” is the sister print to “Equity,” which Spoke Art released earlier this year at the Chicago Comic Con. The pair of art prints of “Equity” and “Justice” are related in theme, as they are related in their release through Spoke Art at two of the country’s largest comic and art conventions.
Both art prints – “Equity” and “Justice” – are inspired by The Orphic Hymns, “Equity” and “Justice.” The Orphic Hymns are at the foundation of the ancient Greek religion, as it was practiced during the Golden Age, at that civilization’s height, during it’s struggle to begin to define democracy, art, science, and reason.
As an artist who struggles for social justice through my work and through my actions, I firmly believe that without Equality, there will be no Justice. And so I set about to portray both ideas as figurative art pieces that share a similar atmosphere and design. Justice gazes at you bravely, head tilted slightly to communicate empathy, and turned ever so subtly to the left, tracking you with her eyes.
I am doing my best to portray an attitude of bravery, and engaging the viewer with it. The woman is portrayed as an equal, unashamed and brave.
Spoke Art Gallery will be making a release of “Justice” at New York Comic Con, booth #607. For details of the Spoke Art appearance at NYCC and print releases click HERE.
Justice
18″ x 24″
Edition of 100
7 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered
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Justice
18″ x 24″
Silver Edition of 12
7 colors on silver metallic paper
Signed and Numbered
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Justice
18″ x 24″
Gold Dust Edition of 12
7 colors on gold dust metallic paper
Signed and Numbered
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Justice
18″ x 24″
Wave Foil Edition of 12
7 colors on wave foil
Signed and Numbered
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Here is the Orphic Hymn this piece was inspired by:
LXI.
TO JUSTICE.
THE piercing eye of Justice bright, I sing,
Plac’d by the throne of heav’n’s almighty king,
Perceiving thence, with vision unconfin’d,
The life and conduct of the human kind
To thee, revenge and punishment belong,
Chastising ev’ry deed, unjust and wrong;
Whose pow’r alone, dissimilars can join,
And from th’ equality of truth combine:
For all the ill, persuasion can inspire,
When urging bad designs, with counsel dire,
‘Tis thine alone to punish; with the race
Of lawless passions, and incentives base;
For thou art ever to the good inclin’d,
And hostile to the men of evil mind.
Come, all-propitious, and thy suppliant hear,
When Fate’s predestin’d, final hour draws near.
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.”
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)
“Oceanid”
31” x 21”
Blue Opal Metallic Edition of 10
7 colors on blue opal metallic paper
Signed and Numbered
Price $200
“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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