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August 17, 2015 By squirt

“Not Only Immensely Skilled: She Was Also Very Brave” Art Print Release

Spoke Art definitely made waves in New York City with their sixth annual Wes Anderson art exhibit, “Bad Dads”. The word on the street was that 60,000 people visited the gallery through the weekend engagement. Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman visited the gallery during the show to give a kind affirmation to Spoke Art and it’s group of artists. There was great press coverage; Vogue Magazine and the Wall Street Journal featured the event. I’m very proud to have shared the spotlight with all the great artists who made this one of the coolest art shows of the summer!  

My contribution to Spoke Art’s “Bad Dads” is inspired by the spirit and setting of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. When writing the script for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness were deeply inspired by the writings of the early 20th Century Austrian author Stefan Zweig.

Meditating on The Grand Budapest Hotel, my mind naturally gravitated to Austrian artist Gustav Klimt’s gold and silver metallic palette, composition, and use of pattern. I wanted my art print to have a period Viennese style. Anderson’s character Agatha strikes a Klimtische pose adorned in gold and silver ink, discreetly holding the hotel’s concierge Monsieur Gustav H.’s prison-break tools behind her back. Agatha is set against the meticulously recreated period wallpaper pattern from her bedroom.

she-was-also-very-brave

“Not Only Immensely Skilled: She Was Also Very Brave”
18 x 35
Edition of 100
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

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Spoke Art is making a very limited release of this poster online HERE

Filed Under: Art Prints Tagged With: Bad Dads, Spoke Art, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson

July 27, 2015 By squirt

Spoke Art’s “Bad Dads” Show in New York City – “Not Only Immensely Skilled: She Was Also Very Brave” Art Print

Spoke Art is proud to present our sixth annual Wes Anderson art exhibit, “Bad Dads” – a group show of over 70 artists, being held as an exclusive weekend pop-up show at Joseph Gross Gallery in New York City’s vibrant Chelsea arts district.

Bad Dads VI is on view August 7th – 9th, 2015
Joseph Gross Gallery

My contribution to Spoke Art’s “Bad Dads” is inspired by the spirit and setting of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. When writing the script for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness were deeply inspired by the writings of the early 20th Century Austrian author Stefan Zweig.

Meditating on The Grand Budapest Hotel, my mind naturally gravitated to Austrian artist Gustav Klimt’s gold and silver metallic palette, composition, and use of pattern. I wanted my art print to have a period Viennese style. Anderson’s character Agatha strikes a Klimtische pose adorned in gold and silver ink, discreetly holding the hotel’s concierge Monsieur Gustav H.’s prison-break tools behind her back. Agatha is set against the meticulously recreated period wallpaper pattern from her bedroom.

she-was-also-very-brave

“Not Only Immensely Skilled: She Was Also Very Brave”
18 x 35
Edition of 100
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

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Spoke Art will be making a very limited release of this poster and it’s variants at the show, followed by an online release.
For more information please email: [email protected]

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“Bad Dads” began six years ago as a pop-up exhibition curated by gallery owner Ken Harman and has now blossomed through the years into a highly anticipated, memorable, and often costumed art event. Gaining international recognition, the exhibition has evolved along with Anderson’s eight feature films (as well as numerous shorts and commercial features) giving each and every artist a well of inspiration to draw from.

Comprised of original painting and sculpture as well as a multitude of limited edition prints, “Bad Dads VI” is a wide-ranging display of artistry from all over the world. Exhibiting a host of different styles and talents, each artist approaches their work with the same meticulous detail that Anderson approaches his. Drawing upon the stylized world that Anderson has set forth, each artist was free to choose their own film for subject matter, resulting in a spectacular range of character portraits, highly detailed environments and iconic themes and motifs, prominent in each of Anderson’s films.

Participating Artists:
100% Soft, Rebecca Mason Adams, Daliah Lina Ammar, Anarkitty, Brianna Angelakis, Christine Aria, Kelsey Beckett, Jill Bencsits, Johnny Bergeron, Ryan Berkley, Joshua Budich, Ivonna Buenestro, Bungaloo, Sandi Calistro, Julian Callos, Keith Carter, Mar Cerada, James Charles, Matt Chase, Tracie Ching, Dan Christofersson, Charles Clary, Rhys Cooper, Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Max Dalton, Jessica Deahl, Tim Doyle, Emily Dumas, Matt Dye, Epyon5, Valentin Fischer, Veronica Fish, Monica Garwood, Sam Gilbey, Rebecca Green, Lauren Gregg, Dominic Guidote, Justin Hager, Primary Hughes, Charlie Immer, Maria Suarez Inclan, Martine Johanna, Tim Jordan, Alex R Kirzhner, Bartosz Kosowski, Calvin Lai, Conor Langton, Nan Lawson, Micah LeBrun, Adam Lister, Kemi Mai, Scott Mitchell, Guillaume Morellec, Danielle Murray, Rueben Negron, Conor Nolan, Chelsea O’Byrne, Lily Padula, Anna Pan, Rich Pellegrino, Audrey Pongracz, Patrycja Podkościelny, Michael Ramstead, Fernando Reza, Matt Ritchie, Michelle Romo, Rebecca Rose, Daniel Speight, Chuck Sperry, Meghan Stratman, Mike Stilkey, Dean Stuart, Mandy Tsung, Van Orton, Casey Weldon, Helice Wen, Bec Winnel and  Alice X Zhang

Filed Under: Art Prints, News Tagged With: Bad Dads, Joseph Gross Gallery, Spoke Art, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson

October 29, 2013 By squirt

“Kissing The Girl From Jupiter” for Spoke Art’s Exhibition Tribute to Wes Anderson

KISSING-THE-GIRL-FROM-JUPITER

Kissing The Girl From Jupiter
33 x 22
Edition of 50
7 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered

KISIING-THE-GIRL-FROM-JUPITER-GOLD

Kissing The Girl From Jupiter
33 x 22
Gold Edition of 12
7 colors on gold metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

KISSING-THE-GIRL-FROM-JUPITER-BRONZE

Kissing The Girl From Jupiter
33 x 22
Bronze Edition of 12
7 colors on bronze metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

KISSING-THE-GIRL-FROM-JUPITER-OPAL

Kissing The Girl From Jupiter
33 x 22
Opal Edition of 12
7 colors on opal metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

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I’m happy to reveal my new print for Spoke Art’s “Bad Dads, an art show tribute to the films of Wes Anderson.” Below is information regarding the Spoke Art’s show, and below that, my inspiration for creating the print.

Spoke Art is proud to present:
Bad Dads: an art show tribute to the films of Wes Anderson

Friday, November 1st
Halloween costume party at the gallery
All ages, no cover, 6pm – 10pm

Saturday, November 2nd
Halloween costume party at the gallery
All ages, no cover, 6pm – 10pm

Sunday, November 3rd
Castro Theatre triple feature
Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums and Moonrise Kingdom
screening starts at 5pm
prints from the show will be available for purchase

Learn more or RSVP via Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/535301666558420/ 

Monday, November 4th
All remaining original works and limited edition prints made available online
3pm PST (approximate)
http://spoke-art.com

I have become a huge fan of Moonrise Kingdom, having watched this movie many times.

Last year, I was in constant flight making shows and appearances non-stop; I watched Moonrise Kingdom end to end over a dozen times. These were long flights, whiled away happily involved in Mr. Anderson’s world of Moonrise Kingdom. I have a policy: I would rather watch one excellent movie over and over than to watch one bad movie once.

I flew in my own Moonrise Kingdom from the US to Europe, Europe to the US. Then I watched it some more, 17 hours San Francisco to Argentina for my appearance at the Trimarchi Design Conference and back again 17 hours. Then I watched it yet more from San Francisco to New York City just in time for my ill-fated Moonalice Art Show at the Brooklyn Bowl during Hurricane Sandy with the stars of the San Francisco Rock Poster Tradition (Stanley Mouse and Wes Wilson no less). By the time Halloween ruffled Manhattan the day after the historic hurricane passed, and I strolled to the Neue Museum on East 88th to catch some Vienna Secession art work, passing adorable children in their Halloween costumes, trick-or-treating on the Upper East Side, I was experiencing the pathos of a festival celebrated on the wake of disaster with a mind which had deeply ingested massive doses of Wes Anderson’s tragic serio-comic sensibilities. Strange it was just a year ago. Stranger still, the feeling of having absorbed this movie into one of the busiest and most rewarding and odd periods of my life hasn’t passed.

My art print “Kissing The Girl From Jupiter” for “Bad Dads” is a celebration of the amazing screen chemistry, the romantic pairing of actors Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman who play Suzy Bishop and Sam Shakusky in Moonrise Kingdom. Characters Sam and Suzy are mis-matched lovers caught in a doomed fantasy. Their star-crossed love story takes bloom with a first kiss in their Moonrise Kingdom. I aim to contrast the realism of my portrayal of their figures to a fantastic, near psychedelic background depicting a romantic, emotional truth of first love. It’s a very innocent piece. The title “Kissing the Girl From Jupiter” refers to the title of a science-fiction fantasy book that Suzy has brought with her in her flight to Moonrise Kingdom, one which was featured in the animated short film Wes Anderson made to promote the release of Moonrise Kingdom (see below).

Filed Under: Art Prints, Events Tagged With: Bad Dads, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom, Spoke Art, Wes Anderson

October 27, 2010 By squirt

Bad Dads, “Margot” The Royal Tenenbaums Poster

My poster is an homage – not only to the films of Wes Anderson – but an homage also to Alphonse Mucha and his “Medea” poster. I’ve run with the idea that Margot Tenenbaum is a playwright and here she has cast herself in the role of Medea, the tragic protagonist from Euripide’s play, as portrayed in Mucha’s poster.

It’s twelve colors, six colors on each of the two pieces. It is printed as a diptych – top and bottom – much like Alphonse Mucha printed his two piece posters in the early 1900’s. Both pieces of “Margot” fit together to create a 22″ x 62″ diptych.

Each piece will be approx 22 x 31 – there’s printed overlap on the bottom part and a full bleed cut on the top part – so they fit together.

“Margot,” The Royal Tenenbaums Poster

for Bad Dads a Tribute to Wes Anderson

curated by Ken Harman

22 x 62 (in two parts)

Edition of 50 (matched numbers)

12 colors on archival cream paper

Signed and Numbered (Both top – on the back – and bottom – on the front)

Poster will be available at:

BAD DADS

An Art Show Tribute to the Films of Wes Anderson

Opening reception and Halloween party on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at LoPo Gallery, 1141 Polk Street, San Francisco.

For purchase inquiries and more information please visit:

www.spokeart.net

www.facebook.com/spokeart

Just in – Releasing Thursday, November 4th at a random time.

Filed Under: Art Prints Tagged With: Alphonse Mucha, Bad Dads, Ken Harman, LoPo Gallery, Margot Tenenbaum, Spoke Art, The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson

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