1923 Rolls Royce. A classic luxury sedan. Oops we hit something. Fuck it. “Eat The Rich” … Pitch perfect tonight. Great crowd!
Motorhead, Clutch, Valient Thorr at The Warfield
Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster Series No. 127
29 x 22.25
Editon of 125
2 colors (heavy metallic silver and red) on black linen textured paper
SOLD OUT – my site was down and I sold these through Hangar 18 (in case you missed my Facebook and Expressobeans announcement)
Edwardian Ball 2011 at The Regency
Two-sheet Silkscreen Poster
20 x 58
Edition of 125
Each part is 3 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered (matched numbers top and bottom)
SOLD OUT – Thank You!
My custom designed Edwardian wallpaper used in this poster has some hidden secrets:
THE EDWARDIAN BALL is an elegant and whimsical celebration of art, music, theatre, fashion, technology, circus, and the beloved creations of the late, great author Edward Gorey. Set in Edwardian times, this multi-media festival has grown over the past decade from a small underground club night into an internationally recognized event, even earning the blessing of The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust.
Costumed and enthusiastic attendees, traveling from as far as Australia, Japan, and the UK, flock to this San Francisco tradition for a delightful blend of ballroom dancing, live music, riveting stage shows, DJs, fine art galleries, a vending marketplace, absinthe cocktails, steam machinery, parlour games, sideshows, and more. All ages are welcome and appropriate in this darkly humorous and elegant setting, where literary aficionados rub elbows with insect-like creatures parading on stilts where historically-accurate Edwardian recreationists waltz by a steam-powered tea garden where the only guiding rule is that you join in on the fun!
The Edwardian Ball has been called the quintessential must-not-miss event of the year, a defining annual San Francisco tradition, and literary circus of the highest caliber for good reason, come see for yourself!
Widespread Panic “Winter”
Speckled Frost Edition
22 x 33
Edition of 25
7 color silkscreen (metallics, glazes and rich hand-mixed colors)
Printed on Speckled Frost Paper
Widespread Panic “Winter”
White Marble Parchment Edition
22 x 33
Edition of 23
7 color silkscreen (metallics, glazes and rich hand-mixed colors)
Printed on White Marble Parchment
Widespread Panic “Winter”
Snowflake Edition
22 x 33
Edition of 9
7 color silkscreen (metallics, glazes and rich hand-mixed colors)
Printed on Snowflake Patterned Paper
Widespread Panic “Winter”
Mirror Foil Edition
22 x 33
Edition of 12
7 color silkscreen (metallics, glazes and rich hand-mixed colors)
Printed on Mirror Foil
I’ll be making a very limited release of the variant editions on Sunday, January 9, 2011 at a random time.
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A portion of the sale of the Widespread Panic variant editions will go to help my dear friend Charles Bock and family.
You may remember, I designed the cover of his novel “Beautiful Children.” Check out the book cover design and the poster here.
I’ll quote Charles McGrath about Charles and his situation from the New York Times: “The writer Charles Bock made a great many literary friendships during the years while he struggled to complete his first novel, “Beautiful Children.” When Mr. Bock’s wife, Diana Colbert, was discovered to have leukemia and underwent a bone marrow transplant in the fall of 2009, many of those friends pitched in to offer household help. In October, Ms. Colbert’s leukemia returned (she is scheduled for another transplant next month), and three of the Bocks’ friends, the novelists Fiona Maazel and Mary-Beth Hughes and the writer Leigh Newman, decided they needed to help even more. “We said everything that can be done, should be done,” Ms. Maazel recalled. So on Feb. 6th, at P.S. 122 in the East Village, the Bock friends are throwing what they’re calling “the most literary rent party ever.” Full article
Here’s a link to donate to Charles Bock and his family.
Moonalice is starting 2011 with a live three night Moonalice TV engagement at Slim’s in San Francisco. I made this silkscreened poster for the event at the request of the band, art directed by Chris Shaw.
The subject in my poster is hanging a poem or prayer in a tree. This is an ancient human ritual. People have been doing this in every quarter of the world forever. I was in England with Chris Hopewell from Jacknife posters and he took me to the Avesbury Stones (the little Stonehenge), and the oak trees around the site were streaming with prayer ribbons. My girlfriend Nancy hangs ribbons in the tree across the street. The ancient ritual again. It’s 2011, so we hang posters on telephone poles. And Moonalice, they livestream their rock show – and since we live in a technological new millennium – their poems are hung electronically on the air.
Moonalice at Slim’s San Francisco (M333)
January 3, 4, 5, 2011
Silkscreen Poster
16.25 x 33
Edition of 125
5 Color Silkscreen on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT
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Moonalice 333 Speckled Variant
Silkscreen Poster
16.25 x 33
Edition of 13
5 Color Silkscreen on speckled paper
Signed and Numbered
SOLD OUT
I’ll be making a very limited release of this poster on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at noon PST.
Widespread Panic at the Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
December 30 & 31, 2010
22 x 33
Edition of 625
7 color silkscreen (metallics, glazes and rich hand-mixed colors)
Printed on archival cream paper
Artist Proof
Chuck Sperry lives in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, where he’s made his particular style of rock poster designs for over 20 years. He operates Hangar 18, a silkscreen print studio, located in Oakland. Learn More…
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