Chuck Sperry

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, San Francisco

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, San Francisco

32 x 21.5

Regular Edition of 225

7 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

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ED-SHARPE-OPAL

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, San Francisco

32 x 21.5

Opal Edition of 10

7 colors on metallic opal paper

Signed and Numbered

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AMPHITRITE

“Amphitrite” Art Print

32 x 21.5

Art Print Edition of 9

6 colors on metallic opal paper

Signed and Numbered

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Back in the saddle, and happy to be back printing and feeling in top form with my newest Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros poster. ESMZ played the America’s Cup Pavilion in San Francisco tonight and it was a beautiful night under the moonlight, with Coit Tower shining down on everyone from the top of Telegraph Hill. The band was in good form tonight, and getting ready for their huge new pet project – “Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Big Top” which is coming up on October 17 through 20. My ESMZ poster is inspired by Amphitrite, ancient goddess of the sea, a sailor’s goddess, paying homage to the America’s Cup and the concert setting right on The Bay at Pier 29. I realized my Edward Sharpe poster with 7 painterly layers of ink, intricate textures, and waves of heavy metallic silver and thick gold foam, suggestive of the sea but also implying waves of music washing across the listener. I worked very intensively for two consecutive print sessions to complete this one; I’m very, very happy with the resulting print! This one sold out before Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros took the stage.

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the Hollywood Bowl

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

20 x 30

Edition of 500

4 colors on black linen paper

Signed and Numbered

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ESMZ-BRONZE

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

20 x 30

Bronze Metallic Edition of 20

4 colors on bronze metallic paper

Signed and Numbered

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Facebook event listing for my Hangar 18 Gallery show with Alan Berry Rhys here: https://www.facebook.com/events/163424883845404/

Website announcement of Hangar 18 Gallery show with Alan Berry Rhys here

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I just got back from hand delivering the posters for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ homecoming show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The beauty of hand delivery, is that I got to see the show. I took visiting Argentine artist Alan Berry Rhys and his girlfriend Emilia Carranza with me to the show. We had a blast and what an excellent show!

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Sun Ra Arkestra opened and also came out on stage with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros for an amazing encore with no less than 25 people on stage (at least). I created my poster with an intricate and elegant arrangement of flowers, printing a very heavy metallic silver on black linen paper, and delicately tinting the silver with translucent colors. The details are very fine and the registration was exceptionally difficult, but the result made me very happy! I wanted to express the ensemble nature of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (and Sun Ra Arkestra – for that matter) where there is no compositional center but all the intricate parts naturally combine to make art that is beautiful – like a bouquet of luminous flowers. It’s an expression of the idea of participatory democracy, a political notion and a musical theory, evident in the musical structure of Edward Sharpe and the Magentic Zeros and Sun Ra Arkestra. But then again, it’s only rock and roll and I like it!

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311 Red Rocks

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311 Red Rocks 2013

32 x 22

Artist Edition of 60

4 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

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I returned from Italy in early July, and have been busy preparing for the next round of events planned for the end of the summer and fall. So there has been a lot going on, but most of it behind the scenes this July. Excuse my silence, but you’ll be getting all the news this week! I’ll be making a lot of posts this week to catch everyone up with the fantastic success of the Italian tour, my solo show at Mondo Bizzarro in Rome, and my site-specific installation in the Oratorio di Santa Maria in Selaa in Tellaro, Liguria. I can’t wait to show you film and photos of this fantastic tour!

Also, I built an enormous new custom designed exposure unit specifically to create the large-scale art pieces which I showed in Europe, and I want to tell you about that. So expect a post about this incredible new addition to my studio this week too.

Also, I’m really excited to tell you in a post later this week, that the 10 large-scale wood panel pieces I showed in the church in Tellaro, are being permanently installed in an excellent restaurant in Paris which will be themed around my art, and planned to open in September.

So stay tuned! More posters will be coming your way in the next weeks! And lots of exciting news! And I have a lot of new exhibitions to announce — at my own Hangar 18 Studio Gallery on August 9, in Portland at The Peoples Art on August 17, and in Argentina at the Art Fair of Buenos Aires in September!

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Widespread Panic Spring Tour 2013 Variant Editions

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Widespread Panic • Spring Tour 2013

20.75 x 35

Artist Proof Edition

7 colors on archival cream paper

Signed / Artist Proof

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PARCHMENT

PARCHMENT-CORNER

Widespread Panic • Spring Tour 2013

20.75 x 35

Parchment Edition of 15

7 colors on parchment paper

Signed and Numbered

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GREEN-SPECKLED-EGG

GREEN-SPECKLED-EGG-CORNER

Widespread Panic • Spring Tour 2013

20.75 x 35

Green Speckled Egg Edition of 15

7 colors on green speckled paper

Signed and Numbered

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DAPPLED-SKY

DAPPLED-SKY-CORNER

Widespread Panic • Spring Tour 2013

20.75 x 35

Dappled Sky Edition of 15

7 colors on blue and white flecked paper

Signed and Numbered

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GOLD

GOLD-CORNER

Widespread Panic • Spring Tour 2013

20.75 x 35

Gold Edition of 15

6 colors on gold metallic paper

Signed and Numbered

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BRUSHED-MAZE

BRUSHED-MAZE-CORNER

Widespread Panic • Spring Tour 2013

20.75 x 35

Brushed Maze Edition of 15

7 colors on brushed maze pattern paper

Signed and Numbered

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ALABASTER-WAVE-FOIL

ALABASTER-CORNER

Widespread Panic • Spring Tour 2013

20.75 x 35

Alabaster Lady Edition of 15

6 colors on wave foil

Signed and Numbered

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The Black Keys • Beale Street Music Festival • Memphis

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The Black Keys
Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis
30 x 23
Edition of 125
5 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

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THE-BLACK-KEYS-VARIANT
The Black Keys
Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis
30 x 23
Vintage Variant Edition of 25
5 colors on acid-free textured paper
Signed and Numbered
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The Black Keys asked for a bluesy poster that captured the authentic roots of Beale Street, Memphis. My poster: a moment from the illustrious history of Beale Street, the roots of blues and rock and roll, with the texture and warm colors of an approaching May night as the shadows lengthen along the front of the pool hall on Beale.

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