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November 14, 2017 By squirt

Jerry Garcia “Built To Last” Limited Edition Print by Chuck Sperry

Jerry Garcia Winter by Chuck Sperry

Jerry Garcia (Winter), 2017
21 x 32
Edition of 500
9 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

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Introducing “Built To Last”, the fourth and final print in our portrait series with acclaimed artist Chuck Sperry. A limited edition run of 500 prints will be released at GarciaFamilyProvisions.com between 2pm EST and 5pm EST on Tuesday, November 21st. As with prior releases, prints will be restricted to 1 print per fan/household. Subscribe to the Jerry Garcia Newsletter at JerryGarcia.com to be among the first to receive notice when the prints are released.

The Fourth and final in a series of four screen-prints from renowned artist Chuck Sperry celebrating Jerry’s life and legacy. Each print is signed & numbered by the artist in an edition of 500.

“My fourth and final print in my portrait series, “Jerry Garcia (Winter)”, seeks to capture the wisdom and compassion of the Grateful Dead’s lead guitarist. Jerry anchored the concert hall with his good nature, while a wild, free improvisation swirled through him and around him. I wove a psychedelic paisley pattern throughout the design – and running through the iconic black t-shirt area as a matte and glaze black effect – rendered in nine colors, including bright hues, hand-blended metallics and translucent glazes. My aim is to portray the evolved Jerry, the enlightened artist who radiated peace, wisdom and compassion, and made music that was “Built to Last” – Chuck Sperry

I will be making a very limited release of my fourth and final Jerry Garcia portrait, a very special book signing of “Helikon”, and multiple print and wood panel releases – Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 2 pm – through Spoke Art Gallery at Context Art Fair during Art Basel Miami.

As an added bonus, the Dead & Co will be performing in the Miami area the next night (Friday), so twice as many reasons to come join us in Miami for a fun art-filled weekend!

Read More: Sperry’s beautiful new art book, “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” (2017)

Filed Under: Art Prints Tagged With: Art Basel, Art Basel Miami, Chuck Sperry, Context Art Fair, Helikon, Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry, Jerry Garcia

October 6, 2017 By squirt

“Demeter” Art Print, Chuck Sperry x Spoke Art at New York Comic Con

“Demeter” 2017
21 x 32
Edition of 150
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

 

“Demeter” 2017
21 x 32
Sparkle Foil Edition of 20
7 colors on sparkle
Signed and Numbered

 

“Demeter” 2017
21 x 32
Lava Foil Edition of 20
7 colors on lava foil
Signed and Numbered

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Beautiful new limited edition screen print debuting this weekend at the New York Comic Con with Spoke Art! Join them at booth 677 for a weekend of con-exclusive prints and collectibles!

Available at Spoke Art booth 677 starting Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 10AM

Read more about Chuck Sperry & his newest art book here

Filed Under: Art Prints Tagged With: Chuck Sperry, Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry, Muses, Spoke Art

August 27, 2017 By squirt

Sperry’s Classic Poster Book “High Volume” is back! Helikon + High Volume Package!

High Volume by Chuck Sperry

By luck, I was able to import the last “High Volume” books out of Argentina, with the help of book designer and artist Andres Agosin. Now I want to make it available to you!

“High Volume” was  printed for my appearance at Trimarchi Design Conference in 2012. Trimarchi is the largest design conference in the Spanish speaking world. I was invited to the conference by Argentine artists Santi Pozzi and Alan Berry Rhys. It was a great honor to address 4000-5000 people at the Mar del Plata Arena in Argentina in 2012, and to present my rock poster book to the world.

Trimarchi Design Conference speakers Chuck Sperry and Santi Pozzi

Trimarchi Design Conference speakers Chuck Sperry and Santi Pozzi

Trimarchi Design Conference speakers Chuck Sperry and Santi Pozzi

“High Volume” served as a pocket-sized catalog of my work up to 2012, written in English and Spanish (parallel text).

Over 60 posters from the career of rock poster legend Chuck Sperry, plus a lengthy interview with the artist. Includes studio shots and a short Sperry bio.

“Never known for following the consensus of any art establishment, Chuck Sperry has a strict loyalty to his craft, and has become a leading innovator of the rock poster art form.  His suspicion and disdain for mainstream American politics often characterizes his approach to making art.   With a sincere dedication to a broad public audience, Sperry reflects a social consciousness and draws much from the immediate urban environment.” 
– Renee de Cossio, curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

High Volume, The Art of Chuck Sperry

High Volume, The Art of Chuck Sperry

High Volume, The Art of Chuck Sperry

High Volume, The Art of Chuck Sperry

I’m able to make this book available to you in a very limited offering, perhaps for the last time!

High Volume
The Art of Chuck Sperry, 2012
Compiled by Alan Berry Rhys, Andres I. Agosin,
Luis M. Corrales Ruiz, Sergio E. Daniszewski
104 pages, 5.6875 x 7.875 inches
Full color, softcover book

Signed

High Volume 

Sold Out – Thank You!
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I am also making a very limited offering of a Helikon + High Volume Package. A two-book delivery for a special price!

Helikon
The Muses of Chuck Sperry, 2017
Published by Hangar 18
Foreward by Charles Bock
Hardback Second Edition of 2000 / “Silver Edition”
Silver embossed cover
9 x 12 inches / 136 pages
54 color illustrations
Printed and bound in the United States
ISBN: 978-0-9981407-1-1

Second Edition “Helikon” books are shrink-wrapped, and unsigned.
(I will only sign second edition “Helikon” books at events – in person – no exceptions).

“High Volume” is Signed

Helikon + High Volume Package 

All Helikon + High Volume Packages are Sold Out – Thank You!

My Book “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” is still available by itself – link HERE!
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Details of “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” below:

Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry

Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry

Chuck Sperry’s new book “Helikon” gathers together his masterfully screen printed wood panel series of contemporary-classical muses: work inspired by the spirit of the modern rock poster, graffiti, and the utopian ethos of 1960’s psychedelia.

“Helikon” presents 36 sumptuously photographed Sperrys paired with the prose or poem — from Homer to Nick Cave — that inspired each. Over a  dozen photos by Shaun Roberts give the reader an intimate portrait of the artist at work.

“Helikon” is Sperry’s beautifully designed, hand-bound coda to 5 years of artwork devoted to the perennial theme of Orphic Dionysian mysteries.

Foreward by New York Times’ bestselling author, Charles Bock, Beautiful Children, Alice & Oliver (Random House), and Best of NYC Culture 2016, Village Voice.

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My Book “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” is available – link HERE!

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Selected Reviews of “Helikon”:

“Sperry draws from a deep, classical tradition of storytelling to visualize the famed and obscure characters from mythology. He continues by personifying “Music,” “Justice,” and “Equity” — putting faces on the concepts that seem to inspire his work greatly. Vivid and striking, the works inside Helikon are beautiful on the surface, but combined with the text, both classical and modern, they give insight into the muses that drive Sperry to create.” – Liz Ohanesian, Hi-Fructose, The New Contemporary Art Magazine, vol. 43

“San Francisco artist Chuck Sperry has earned his right in the rock ‘n roll hall of fame….. not for music but for his incredible talent of designing and silkscreen printing distinctive rock posters, he has a slew of famous names that he has worked with and his artwork has been exhibited at some leading art and music institutions. Chuck has honed his craft to perfection, with 20 years of experience behind him.” — Kylie Dexter, Beautiful Bizarre

“In Helikon, the words transport us, allowing us to see Sperry’s work through fresh, yet ancient, eyes. Importantly, they drive from our minds thoughts of the transitory — that Tethys was first introduced to the world as a Dave Matthews poster; that Artemis and Naiad made their debuts before fans of the Black Keys; that Olympia, Daphne, Semele, and Thalia were Panic ladies before they were Sperry’s muses.” — Ben Marks, Wink Books

Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry

Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry

Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry

Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry

Helikon, The Muses of Chuck SperryHelikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry

Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry

Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry

 

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chuck Sperry, Helikon, Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry, High Volume, Muses

May 22, 2017 By squirt

“Summer of Love” • Chuck Sperry Solo Show at l’Oeil Ouvert Gallery, Paris, France

Summer of Love, Chuck Sperry, Paris

“Summer of Love,” Chuck Sperry Solo Show
l’Oeil Ouvert Gallery
1 rue de Lucien Sampaix, Paris 75010
June 15 to July 15, 2017
Opening: June 15, 18:00
Rock’n’roll Party: June 21

We are very excited to announce our next solo exposition “Summer of Love,” the return of Chuck Sperry to l’Oeil Ouvert Gallery, Paris, France. Sperry is very pleased to bring dozens and dozens of new pieces screen printed on oak panel and on paper made in the very prolific period since his last visit to Paris in 2016.

“Summer of Love” is the latest traveling exposition of the work of Chuck Sperry, the celebrated screen print artist from San Francisco.

For this solo exposition at l’Oeil Ouvert Gallery, Chuck Sperry presents, not only 12 new limited edition muses printed on oak panel, but also some of his best known screen printed rock concert posters with all of the newest pieces from the past 2 years. We will also release a number of rarities and surprises (one each of Semele, Vivien and Eleutheria)!

Art Market Eleutheria by Chuck Sperry

Chuck is really happy to present and dedicate his new book, it’s second Silver Edition, “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” 

Chuck Sperry’s new book “Helikon” gathers together his masterfully screen printed wood panel series of contemporary-classical muses: work inspired by the spirit of the modern rock poster, graffiti, and the utopian ethos of 1960’s psychedelia.

“Helikon” presents 36 sumptuously photographed Sperrys paired with the prose or poem — from Homer to Nick Cave — that inspired each. Over a dozen photos by Shaun Roberts give the reader an intimate portrait of the artist at work.

“Helikon” is Sperry’s beautifully designed, hand-bound coda to 5 years of artwork devoted to the perennial theme of Orphic Dionysian mysteries.

Foreward by New York Times’ bestselling author, Charles Bock, Beautiful Children, Alice & Oliver (Random House), and Best of NYC Culture 2016, Village Voice.

“Chuck Sperry is the Underworld’s true alchemist & visionary.” – Nick Cave

“Sperry draws from a deep, classical tradition of storytelling to visualize the famed and obscure characters from mythology. He continues by personifying “Music,” “Justice,” and “Equity” — putting faces on the concepts that seem to inspire his work greatly. Vivid and striking, the works inside Helikon are beautiful on the surface, but combined with the text, both classical and modern, they give insight into the muses that drive Sperry to create.” – Liz Ohanesian, Hi-Fructose, The New Contemporary Art Magazine, vol. 43

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chuck Sperry, Helikon, Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry, l'Oeil Ouvert, Paris, Summer of Love

April 24, 2017 By squirt

“Helikon” • Chuck Sperry Solo Show at Next Door Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland

Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry

Helikon, Chuck Sperry Solo Show
Next Door Gallery
Rue De L’Arquebuse 16, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland
May 4 to May 13, 2017
Opening: May 4 at 6 pm

We are very excited to announce our next solo exposition “Helikon,” the return of Chuck Sperry to Next Door Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland. Sperry is very pleased to bring dozens and dozens of new pieces screen printed on oak panel and on paper made in the very prolific period since his last visit to Geneva in 2015. 

“Helikon” is the latest traveling exposition of the work of Chuck Sperry, the celebrated screen print artist from San Francisco. 

For this solo exposition at Next Door, Chuck Sperry presents, not only 12 new limited edition muses printed on oak panel, but also some of his best known screen printed rock concert posters with all of the newest pieces from the past 2 years. We will also release a number of rarities and surprises (one each of Semele, Vivien and Eleutheria)!

Join our Facebook event HERE

Art Market Eleutheria by Chuck Sperry

Chuck is really happy to present and dedicate his new book, “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” 

Chuck Sperry’s new book “Helikon” gathers together his masterfully screen printed wood panel series of contemporary-classical muses: work inspired by the spirit of the modern rock poster, graffiti, and the utopian ethos of 1960’s psychedelia.

“Helikon” presents 36 sumptuously photographed Sperrys paired with the prose or poem — from Homer to Nick Cave — that inspired each. Over a dozen photos by Shaun Roberts give the reader an intimate portrait of the artist at work.

“Helikon” is Sperry’s beautifully designed, hand-bound coda to 5 years of artwork devoted to the perennial theme of Orphic Dionysian mysteries.

Foreward by New York Times’ bestselling author, Charles Bock, Beautiful Children, Alice & Oliver (Random House), and Best of NYC Culture 2016, Village Voice.

“Chuck Sperry is the Underworld’s true alchemist & visionary.” – Nick Cave

“Sperry draws from a deep, classical tradition of storytelling to visualize the famed and obscure characters from mythology. He continues by personifying “Music,” “Justice,” and “Equity” — putting faces on the concepts that seem to inspire his work greatly. Vivid and striking, the works inside Helikon are beautiful on the surface, but combined with the text, both classical and modern, they give insight into the muses that drive Sperry to create.” – Liz Ohanesian, Hi-Fructose, The New Contemporary Art Magazine, vol. 43

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chuck Sperry, Geneva, Helikon, Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry, Next Door Gallery

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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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Online Release with EQL
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