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Edwardian Ball 2016 Poster

Edwardian Ball 2016 event poster by Chuck Sperry

Edwardian Ball 2016
18 x 35
Edition 0f 125
3 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

(One random order will receive a bonus, free, give-away B&W Test, Edwardian Ball poster, the “White Russian”)

Sold Out – Thank You!

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This poster is officially available at the show. I will be making a very limited online release of this poster on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at a random time.

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It’s Edwardian Ball time again, and as always, it’s a great pleasure to work with Justin Katz, the Edwardian Ball impresario, and once again I had a lot of fun making this poster!

My Edwardian Ball posters always have an edge of social critique in them. They are done with a wink and a nod, in keeping with the enjoyment of attending such an elaborate period pageant.

Most of the attendees also realize that the Edwardian era was one of unabashed and ostentatious oligarchy, unrivaled economic imperialism and a presumed European superiority complex. It’s all of these things that makes the period so bizarre to us today. I’ve always endeavored to reveal this outrageous and bizarre sense of imperial entitlement in my Edwardian Ball posters, and keep them wild and fun.

This year I’ve depicted Russian mega-oligarchs, Tsar & Tsarina, Nicholas and Alexandra. 100 years ago, they had one good year left before the Communists swept them away. We find them, lounging in state dinner attire, a pair of rare white tigers settled at their feet. The background is Rosslyn Chapel. The Russian says, “Tsar, have a nice trip! See ya next Fall!”

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Umphrey’s McGee New Year at Fillmore Auditorium, Denver

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Umphrey’s McGee at Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, Colorado
December 30 & 31, 2015 – January 2, 2016
20 x 34
Artist Edition of 100
5 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered
Sold Out – Thank You!
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UM-NYE-FOIL

My poster is inspired by the Norse God Thor, who lords over the earth from high Valhalla, above the Rainbow Bridge at the end of days, Ragnarok.
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New Years Eve is a symbolic renewal, a rebirth of creative energy, and a transformation of old patterns into new. With the end comes a new beginning!
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I have always been inspired by the mystical and underground comix style of the master poster maker, Rick Griffin. This poster is a tip of my Viking helmet to the king.

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I will be making a very limited release of my Artist Edition and Mirror Foil Edition on Thursday (appropriately enough: Thor’s Day), January 7, 2016 at a random time. 

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Chuck Sperry x Pangea Seed: “Siren” Art Print

SIREN REG WEB

Siren, 2015
18 x 34
Edition of 150
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered
SIREN BLUE OPAL
Siren, 2015
18 x 34
Blue Opal Edition of 25
7 colors on metallic blue opal paper
Signed and Numbered
SIREN MIRROR FOIL
Siren, 2015
18 x 34
Mirror Foil Edition of 25
7 colors on mirror foil
Signed and Numbered
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PangeaSeed and artist Chuck Sperry are pleased to announce the eleventh official print release of our 2015 print suite “Tales from the Deep: Stories, Myths & Monsters” – a fine art print suite to help save our seas. This limited edition will be released Thursday, November 12 at 12pm PST via shop.PangeaSeed.org – limit one print per household. 
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My print for Pangea Seed, “Siren”, is meant as warning. My imagination has always been drawn to this mythical being – dangerous and enchanting – whose form is an enthralling warning. The Siren dances and sings like the sea itself, seducing us with her sound, movement and beauty.

Long ago, on November 5, 1965, prominent climate scientists Roger Revelle, Wallace Broecker, Charles Keeling, Harmon Craig, and J Smagorisnky met with US President Lyndon Johnson and warned him of their findings on Climate Change. By 1974, Wallace Broekner had modeled his prediction for the affects of accumulated carbon dioxide on the global surface temperature of the Earth. His predictions remain accurate to this day.

As of 2015 we have experienced a 1 degree centigrade rise in temperature worldwide, as Broekner predicted.

In the last few seasons we have witnessed the California Drought, a record fire season, and the Pacific Blob (a 2-7 degree rise in Pacific Coastal water temperatures).

I am alarmed by the state of our planet’s environment. I grew up with the warnings. The predicted changes are here now.

It’s clearly time to act. Please be mindful and give your care to the environment. It’s time to do what you can to become a good steward of the environment. I am always happy to contribute my time and energy to Pangea Seed! Their efforts in helping to save the seas deserve our support and good energies!

read more:

Rolling Stone, “The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here”

The Guardian, “Scientists Warned The President About Global Warming 50 Years Ago Today”

One Earth, “California Drought & The Pacific Ocean Blob”

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The Avett Brothers, Ann Arbor 2015

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The Avett Brothers, Ann Arbor
20 x 34.5
Edition of 225
4 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered
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AVETTS-BRONZE

The Avett Brothers, Ann Arbor
20 x 34.5
Bronze Edition of 20
4 colors on metallic bronze paper
Signed and Numbered
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This poster will be available officially through The Avett Brothers at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor on Friday, November 6, 2015.

I will be making a very limited online release of this poster and variant on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at a random time. 

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