Chuck Sperry

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Chuck Sperry’s 50th Anniversary “Fantastic Planet” Poster

La Planète Sauvage, 2023
20 x 30
Edition of 200
6 colors on cream paper
Signed and numbered

I am proud to unveil my very special 50th anniversary poster for Fantastic Planet! I created this to celebrate the 35mm film screening at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco and is limited to only 200 copies.

Nothing else has ever looked or felt like director René Laloux’s animated marvel Fantastic Planet, a politically minded and visually inventive work of science fiction. The film is set on a distant planet called Ygam, where enslaved humans (Oms) are the playthings of giant blue native inhabitants (Draags). After Terr, kept as a pet since infancy, escapes from his gigantic child captor, he is swept up by a band of radical fellow Oms who are resisting the Draags’ oppression and violence. With its eerie, coolly surreal cutout animation by Roland Topor; brilliant psychedelic jazz score by Alain Goraguer; and wondrous creatures and landscapes, this Cannes-awarded 1973 counterculture classic is a perennially compelling statement against conformity and violence.

Online sales begin next week through Spoke Art Gallery. Please make sure you’re on the Spoke Art Gallery email list to receive the latest news: https://spoke-art.com/pages/mailing-list

More info: https://spoke-art.com/…/chuck-sperry-x-fantastic-planet

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Sperry’s Grateful Dead Poster Feature Release at Relix Marketplace on Friday, October 27!


Grateful Dead “Bertha”,
Capitol Theatre, March 20, 1970
19 x 35
Edition of 365
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Variants: Rainbow foil, Sparkle foil, Lava foil: Edition of 65 each

The 2023 edition of TRPS Festival of Rock Posters was remarkably fun! It was great to see all my friends, supporters, fellow artists and poster dealers at San Francisco’s premiere rock poster event. Thanks to my good friends and dedicated helpers: Ben Clarke, Jon Greco, and Robert Sommerfield – the booth was amazing! Thanks to all the volunteers and TRPS staff who make each and every year better than the last! 

I would like to thank everyone for their support of my Grateful Dead “Bertha” poster for the Capitol Theatre show of March 20, 1970. The Artist Edition Special Premiere Release at The Rock Poster Society’s Festival of Rock Posters yesterday was amazing.

You still have another chance at scoring one of my Grateful Dead “Bertha” posters this coming Friday, October 27 on Relixmarketplace.com with the Featured Release of the main edition of this poster and its variants.

Sperry’s Grateful Dead “Bertha” poster is the first of 18 posters (by various poster artists) to be released by Relix & The Capitol Theatre in limited edition series from the Grateful Dead’s 18 shows performed at the legendary venue between 1970 and 1971.

Make sure to sign up for Relixmarketplace.com mailing list, and follow their latest news for more details of the Featured Release!

Photo by Expressobeans at TRPS 2023:

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Sperry’s Grateful Dead Poster Release Live and on EQL

Grateful Dead “Bertha”,
Capitol Theatre, March 20, 1970
19 x 35
Artist Edition of 100
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Chuck Sperry’s rock poster “Bertha” for the Grateful Dead was commissioned with blessings from the Grateful Dead for The Capitol Theatre and Relix Marketplace, in celebration of the Capitol Theatre’s early 1970s resurgence as a major psychedelic performance space. Sperry’s poster commemorates the first night of the Dead’s legendary residency at the Capitol Theatre on March 20, 1970.

As a Special Debut Release: “Bertha” will be premiering live and will be available to acquire at The Rock Poster Society’s Festival of Posters, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The live release will be at TRPS: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21 at the Hall of Flowers, Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way, Golden Gate Park.

At the same time: Saturday, October 21, 2023, at 12 noon PST, the very limited special debut online launches will open for Sperry’s Grateful Dead poster and its variants. The launches close on Sunday, October 22, 2023, 12 noon PST. The ballot will be open for 24 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, rainbow, sparkle, lava).

You are free to register once for each launch. Multiple entries per launch will be penalized.

You may only win 1 print from all the live launches within this twelve hour period. One per household.

Follow the link below, and you will be directed to The Chuck Sperry EQL Launches landing page – the site of my release when it goes “live”.

Visit the launch page for the release:

JOIN EQL RELEASE

Look for the Featured Release of the Grateful Dead “Bertha” Poster available through Relixmarketplace.com in late October! Sign up for the Relix Marketplace newsletter now to stay up to date on all the news!

“Bertha, I think, is probably some vaguer connotation of birth, death, and reincarnation. Cycle of existences, some kind of nonsense like that. I wouldn’t be surprised, but then again, it might not be. I don’t remember.” — Robert Hunter

Grateful Dead “Bertha”,
Capitol Theatre, March 20, 1970
19 x 35
Rainbow Foil Artist Edition of 20
7 colors on rainbow foil
Signed and Numbered

Grateful Dead “Bertha”,
Capitol Theatre, March 20, 1970
19 x 35
Sparkle Foil Artist Edition of 20
7 colors on sparkle foil
Signed and Numbered

Grateful Dead “Bertha”,
Capitol Theatre, March 20, 1970
19 x 35
Lava Foil Artist Edition of 20
7 colors on lava foil
Signed and Numbered

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Sperry’s Greensky Bluegrass Poster Release on Sunday 9/17

Greensky Bluegrass, Dillon & Morrison 2023
“The Mystic”
16.5 x 35
Edition of 600
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Chuck Sperry’s rock poster “The Mystic” for Greensky Bluegrass will be available on September 13-14 & September 15-16, 2023 officially through the band’s merchandise at the Dillon Amphitheater & Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

On Sunday, September 17, 2023, at 9 am PST, I will open my online launches for my Greensky Bluegrass poster and its variants. The launches close at 9 pm PST. The ballot will be open for 12 hours. As long as you enter during this timeframe, time of entry does not impact your chances of purchase.

There will be six live launches: 1 launch for each print edition (regular, silver, gold, black, sparkle, lava).

You are free to register once for each launch. Multiple entries per launch will be penalized.

You may only win 1 print from all the live launches within this twelve hour period. One per household.

This offering is a wonderful opportunity for those who may miss the the official merchandise release at the concerts. Follow the link below, and you will be directed to The Chuck Sperry EQL Launches landing page – the site of my release when it goes “live”.

Visit the launch page for Sunday’s release:

JOIN EQL RELEASE

“The Mystic” wears late summer flowers and early autumn leaves. She carries a pitcher of wine in celebration of the grape harvest with September upon us. Perhaps the mystic’s pitcher is full of kykeon, a special drink shared by initiates of the Eleusinian Mystery. The Mystery was an ancient rite which dramatized the cycle of life, death and rebirth — the natural procession of the seasons. Thought to have been a brew with psychotropic effects, kykeon brought visions to initiates revealing the majesty of nature’s spirit and the mystery of its processes.

Greensky Bluegrass, Dillon & Morrison 2023
“The Mystic”
16.5 x 35
Silver Edition of 10
7 colors on metallic silver paper
Signed and Numbered

Greensky Bluegrass, Dillon & Morrison 2023
“The Mystic”
16.5 x 35
Gold Edition of 10
7 colors on metallic gold paper
Signed and Numbered

Greensky Bluegrass, Dillon & Morrison 2023
“The Mystic”
16.5 x 35
Satin Black Edition of 15
7 colors on satin black paper
Signed and Numbered

Greensky Bluegrass, Dillon & Morrison 2023
“The Mystic”
16.5 x 35
Sparkle Foil Edition of 25
7 colors on sparkle foil
Signed and Numbered

Greensky Bluegrass, Dillon & Morrison 2023
“The Mystic”
16.5 x 35
Lava Foil Edition of 25
7 colors on lava foil
Signed and Numbered

 

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Sperry’s Dave Matthews Band, Gorge Amphitheatre Poster 2023 Release on EQL

Dave Matthews Band, Gorge 2023
21 x 33
Artist Edition of 200
6 colors on uncoated white paper
Signed and Numbered

My newest rock poster “The Bacchante” for Dave Matthews Band at the Gorge Amphitheatre last weekend — will be available via a launch on EQL.

This offering is a wonderful opportunity for those who missed the the official merchandise  release at the concert. This is my first major rock poster to be released on EQL’s Run Fair launch platform.

Follow the link below, and you will be directed to The Chuck Sperry EQL Launches landing page.

On Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 9 am PST, I will open my online launches for my Dave Matthews Band poster and its variants. The launches close at 3 pm PST. The ballot will be open for 6 hours. As long as you enter during this timeframe, time of entry does not impact your chances of purchase.

There will be three live launches: 1 launch for each print edition (regular, sparkle, lava).

You are free to register once for each launch. Multiple entries per launch will be penalized.

You may only win 1 print from all the live launches within this six hour period. One per household.

Visit the launch page for Sunday’s release:

JOIN EQL RELEASE

Companion to my “Harmonia” Gorge 2019 poster — “The Bacchante” is a reference to the devotees of Bacchus, the god of wine and rock and roll. When I think of the Gorge, thoughts turn to the awe-inspiring natural setting, the spectacular amphitheatre, beautiful people, and cheering crowds. “Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!” ― Euripides, The Bacchae 

Dave Matthews Band, Gorge 2023
21 x 33
Sparkle Foil Artist Edition of 25
6 colors on sparkle foil
Signed and Numbered

Dave Matthews Band, Gorge 2023
21 x 33
Lava Foil Artist Edition of 25
6 colors on lava foil
Signed and Numbered

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