“Chuck Sperry: Archetypes”
Art Génération • Paris
67 rue de la Verrerie 75004
June 13, 2026 – August 1, 2026
Opening: Saturday, June 13 – 6-10pm
“Chuck Sperry: Archetypes” shows in Paris!
ART GENERATION, PARIS is proud to present CHUCK SPERRY: ARCHETYPES, a watershed exhibition devoted to the artist’s decades long exploration of the archetypes of Greek mythology. The exhibit serves as a visual dialogue with the ideals that helped to shape the philosophical foundations of modern democracy.
Following Chuck Sperry’s exhibition this year at Fort Wayne Museum of Art & the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York — Paris will get a comprehensive gallery exhibition of dozens of Sperry’s world-renown original screen printed wood panels — and the international premier release of Sperry’s new 680 page art compendium Archetypes, The Sperry Art Print Archive 2009-2026.
With an eye to the democratizing influence of Sperry’s provocative printmaking on the art world, Sperry will be releasing:
New panels editions of 30: Juno, Courage, Pseudea, Iphigenia, Soeurs Jumelles, Danaïde, Love
A selection of archive wood panels
2 new Sperry Collectible Art Card sets
Paper prints:
Recent archive prints and posters!
Empathy (Oversize) 2025, edition of 200
Courage (Oversize) 2025, edition of 200
Midsummer Night’s Dream 2026, edition of 300 (variants: Sparkle foil, Lava foil)
International Premier of Sperry’s new 680 page art book: Archetypes, The Sperry Art Print Archive 2009-2026
— and making them accessible and available to the public at ART GENERATION, PARIS — opening June 13, 2026.
Chuck Sperry, world famous rock concert poster maker for 30 years, renown for making posters for Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, U2, Pearl Jam, The Beastie Boys, and The Black Keys. His personal art practice is moving him beyond master poster designer and printmaker — to art world phenomenon — his art pieces moving into the “urban art” genre. Beginning in 2009, many of Sperry’s art prints began to feature images of muses from Greek mythology, and are well received whether on auction or in galleries.
Sperry adds, “My posters and prints circulate through music venues, festivals, protests, and community gatherings like ritual objects—seeds sown across a cultural landscape. They carry archetypal meaning into shared spaces, encouraging viewers to see themselves as participants in this ongoing democratic experiment.”
“I think of my work from the last few years as defiant in these dark times. I like to think I give people courage through it. It gives me courage to work on it.” — Chuck Sperry
“Through the years my work has become a multi-various host of archetypes which unfolded organically through a long series of art prints. Archetypes is the synthesis of this journey: the illuminating path connecting personal and social catharsis,” says Chuck Sperry. “I believe that the gods and goddesses are attributes of the mind. What may appear on the face of things like a variety of pagan reverence is really a celebration of the human spirit.”
Read some French Press about the show:
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