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April 20, 2024 By squirt

SFMOMA Opens “Art of Noise” May 4 • Sperry On View

SFMOMA Art of Noise
“The Black Keys” SFMOMA selection of Sperry concert poster for its permanent collection

SFMOMA Opens Art of Noise May 4

Art of Noise • SFMOMA • May 4 – August 18, 2024
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street • San Francisco, CA 94103

Art of Noise at SFMOMA is a multi-sensory love song to the designers who devote their artistic vision to music. 

Music is a part of our daily lives. By contemplating how music is amplified by art — the design of album covers and concert posters — SFMOMA’s upcoming exhibition Art of Noise shows us how profoundly this art has shaped our experience of the rhythms and melodies we listened to for over 100 years.

SFMOMA Art of Noise
“Bob Dylan” SFMOMA selection of Sperry concert poster for its permanent collection

A floor-to-ceiling “temple” of music design — including many hundreds of San Francisco’s psychedelic rock posters — will feature rock poster artists and legendary bands of every description. Mid-century modern album covers, as well as hip-hop, punk, and rave flyers complete this expansive display of incredible color and creativity.

Art of Noise is not to be missed by any fan of art and music! This massive exhibition celebrates the icons of concert posters including Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, Chuck Sperry, David Singer, Lee Conklin, Bonnie MacLean, Milton Glaser and many others. 

SFMOMA Art of Noise
“Edward Sharpe” SFMOMA selection of Sperry concert poster for its permanent collection

Art of Noise is organized by SFMOMA and curated by Joseph Becker, associate curator of architecture and design, with Divya Saraf, curatorial assistant in architecture and design.

The exhibition opens Saturday, May 4 at the museum. You can learn more about this amazing exhibition by following the link below.

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SFMOMA Art of Noise
“Power to the Peaceful” SFMOMA selection of Sperry concert poster for its permanent collection

 

Filed Under: Rock Posters Tagged With: Art of Noise, Bonnie MacLean, Chuck Sperry, David Singer, Lee Conklin, Milton Glaser, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA, Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson

March 29, 2024 By squirt

Sperry Enters Permanent Collection of SFMOMA

Clockwise from top left: Bob Dylan, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros,
The Black Keys and Power to the Peaceful by Chuck Sperry

I’m very proud to announce that San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has acquired a selection of my concert posters for its permanent collection. The museum will include my work in its upcoming exhibition Art of Noise opening May 4, 2024. This exhibit should not be missed! It is a must-visit for every poster fan, all my friends, and supporters!

Here, briefly what the museum says about the exhibition:

Music is amplified by great design, from the concert posters that paper bedroom walls to the Sony Walkmans and Apple iPods once carried in our pockets. Through over 800 works, Art of Noise explores this essential relationship and the ground-breaking designs that enrich our collective memory, touching all our lives and giving form and color to sound. Heavily drawn from SFMOMA’s collection, the works on view include over 500 concert posters and flyers, 150 record album covers, 100 design objects, and three sound installations that chart the evolution of music-centered design over the past 100 years. Enter the exhibition’s “temple” to music graphics where hundreds of psychedelic rock posters extend from floor to ceiling, highlighting San Francisco’s integral role in the 1960s and ‘70s scene and the artwork that turned it up.

You can learn more about this amazing exhibition by following the link below.

Art of Noise is organized by SFMOMA and curated by Joseph Becker, associate curator of architecture and design, with Divya Saraf, curatorial assistant in architecture and design.

Art of Noise • May 4 – August 18, 2024
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 

151 Third Street • San Francisco, CA 94103

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Filed Under: Rock Posters Tagged With: Art of Noise, Chuck Sperry, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA

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