Chuck Sperry

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The Black Keys, Oracle Arena, Oakland

I’ve updated this post with images below of the actual poster. The digital image which was previously in this post is at the bottom of this post (should you like to reference it).

FYI – I sometimes post a digital image before I have a chance to photograph the actual poster. This digital image is used to create the poster and is used to show the band what I will make – before I make it. When possible, I like to show the actual photograph, like the one just below, so people can actually see what the poster looks like. Enough said. The show was awesome last night!

 

The Black Keys, Oracle Arena, Oakland

May 4, 2012

19 x 33

6 colors on archival cream paper

Edition of 315

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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The Black Keys, Oracle Arena, Oakland

May 4, 2012

19 x 33

Parchment Edition of 20

6 colors on parchment paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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“They wanna get my
Gold on the Ceiling
I aint blind
It’s just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It’s alright
Aint no guard in my house.”
I’ve been playing Gold On The Ceiling – and it’s become a sort of theme song.
With the Firehouse’s innovation of the use of Gold and Silver metallic inks, which we started using almost 18 years ago,
the gold on the ceiling lyrics have a special place in my heart. The Black Keys are written across the gold ceiling in my poster.
I also created a custom Black Keys wallpaper and dress pattern which works throughout the design:
digital image of The Black Keys, Oakland poster:

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Refused, The Hives & The Bronx at the Warfield

Refused, The Hives and The Bronx played at The Warfield on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Here’s my poster -155 in the Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster series.

Refused, The Hives and The Bronx at The Warfield, April 18, 2012

Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series No. 155

20 x 32

Edition of 125

4 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Refused, The Hives and The Bronx at The Warfield, April 18, 2012

Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series No. 155

20 x 32

Gold Edition of 20

4 colors on gold metallic paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Mazzy Star at the Regency, Wednesday, April 11

Mazzy Star will play at The Regency on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Here’s my poster -153 in the Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster series.

Mazzy Star, The Entrance Band, Alina Hardin at The Regency, April 11, 2012

Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series No. 153

22 x 33

Edition of 150

5 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Moonalice “Grail” Poster

The Art of Moonalice – “Grail” Poster

Edition of 50

20 x 33

6 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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The Art of Moonalice – “Grail” Poster

Bronze Edition of 13

20 x 33

6 colors on Metallic Bronze Paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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The Art of Moonalice – “Grail” Poster

Gold Edition of 13

20 x 33

6 colors on Metallic Gold Paper

Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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This poster and it’s variants will be released at The Art of Moonalice Show at Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, New York. I’ve reserved a portion of each edition to be released online on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at a random time.

I just returned home from printing my poster for The Art of Moonalice show in New York, Chris Shaw and Alex Fischer both helping. Great day! Really top-flight printing – happy to see that going away for a month made my printing better!

Moonalice has invited us to New York City, has chartered a private jet to bring us all there together, has reserved us a very nice mid-town hotel, and – well – will treat us like kings in New York City. I was so knocked out by this grand gesture, that I designed and printed this very limited run of posters to commemorate the event.  I created a beautiful Keeper of the Grail. The background is a graffiti abstraction – hey, it IS New York after all – and the coloration was drawn from stained glass of the cathedral at Chartres. I would like to think of the invited company of San Francisco’s amazing artists as Knights of the Round Table. I made the edition very limited to 50 – as there were 50 Arthurian Knights by some estimates – and numbered the variants at 13 – as there were some accounts that provide that number of Knights. And what with gathering of most of San Francisco’s top poster talent in one place, there is a feeling of a merry Round Table. This is going to be incredible fun!

While printing it occurred to me that given that it’s Easter weekend, with all those talented people in one private jet, well, all of our eggs are in one basket. So wish us luck!

Posters will be specially priced for the New York show release / a bit more online / and I’m afraid I won’t be bringing non-Moonalice posters with me to the event. I hope to see all my New York friends at the Brooklyn Bowl!

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