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July 6, 2023 By squirt

Sperry Solo Exhibition at Seattle Art Fair with Harman Projects

Sappho, 2023
20 x 30
Edition of 30
7 color screen print on wood panel
Signed and Numbered

Seattle Art Fair
July 27th – 30th
Lumen Field Event Center

Harman Projects will be returning to the Seattle Art Fair later this month where we’ll be presenting a solo exhibition by acclaimed contemporary artist and print maker, Chuck Sperry.

Join us at booth C15 where we are excited to release five wood panel editions: Sappho, Syrinx, Venus, with two brand new editions, Salome and Magdalena.

In honor of Seattle’s unique connection to the history of rock music the gallery will also be presenting a curated selection of 75+ gig poster prints pulled directly from the artist’s personal archives. As a bonus, we’ll also be offering over a dozen unique test prints.

The artist will be on hand to autograph copies of his various coffee table art books and we’ll also have copies of his forthcoming The Sperry Collectible Card Set • Series 2 available for in-person signing and purchase.

Lastly, attendees to the Seattle event will have the first opportunity to acquire a new limited edition screen print on paper (with variants) which will be revealed at the exhibition opening night!

Salome, 2023
16 x 32
Edition of 30
5 color screen print on wood panel
Signed and Numbered

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chthoneon, Chuck Sperry, Color X Color, Harman Projects, Helikon, Idyllion, Muses, Seattle Art Fair, Sperry Collectible Card Set

September 5, 2022 By squirt

“Idyllion, The Art of Chuck Sperry” Book Release Events

Published by Hangar 18
Interview by Steven Heller
Essay by Josef Zimmerman, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Curator of Contemporary Art
Hardback Second Edition of 1500 / “Silver Edition”
Silver embossed cover (comes shrink-wrapped / not signed or numbered / only sign in-person at events)
9 x 12 inches / 136 pages
60+ color illustrations
Printed and bound in the United States
ISBN: 9780998140780

Published by Hangar 18
Interview by Steven Heller
Essay by Josef Zimmerman, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Curator of Contemporary Art
Hardback First Edition of 500 / “Gold Edition”
Gold embossed cover, signed and numbered
9 x 12 inches / 136 pages
60+ color illustrations
Printed and bound in the United States
ISBN: 9780998140766

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Hangar 18 is very pleased to announce the upcoming release schedule of Chuck Sperry’s newest book “Idyllion”, the prolific artist’s fourth book in five years.

“Idyllion, The Art of Chuck Sperry” continues the poetic journey started by Chuck’s previous companion books “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” and “Chthoneon, The Art of Chuck Sperry”. 

“Idyllion” collects 29 gorgeously photographed new Sperry screen printed art works paired with the prose or poem — from Hesiod to Maynard James Keenan — that inspired each. 

The reader is also offered insight into Chuck’s latest political poster in support of the Equal Rights Amendment campaign with an extensive interview of Sperry by graphic design legend Steven Heller. The interview — accompanied by beautiful photographs by Shaun Roberts — follows the artist at work from the production process to launching the poster.

“Idyllion” is overflowing with evocative and inspiring new work from one of America’s most popular, outspoken and important contemporary artists.

Book signing events:

Denver

Friday, September 30
Mirus Gallery / Harman Projects
1144 Broadway

San Francisco

Saturday, October 15
The Rock Poster Society
Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park

Geneva

Thursday, November 3
Legend Art Gallery
Place du Marché 23, Carouge, Switzerland

Paris

Friday, November 11
L’Oeil Ouvert Gallery
1 rue Lucien Sampaix, Paris, France

Online sale begins:

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Have a look inside:

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chthoneon, Chthoneon The Art of Chuck Sperry, Chuck Sperry, Helikon, Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry, Idyllion, Idyllion The Art of Chuck Sperry

January 15, 2022 By squirt

Looking Forward in 2022, A Grateful Mahalo


Here are two of my top posters from last year. (Please take a visit to the definitive poster website www.Expressobeans.com and place your vote for Poster of the Year.)

2021 was a big year for me, full of strong rock posters and desirable art prints and panels and blockbusting shows (art and rock). I’m so very grateful for my supporters and friends who made this most difficult pandemic year into an inspiring journey of creation and new directions.

Hashimoto Contemporary featured my work at Context Art Miami / Art Basel, and swiftly sold out all. Thanks to the gallery, it’s amazing curators and staff – but more importantly – thank you for your support, traveling from all points to be there!

Back home from France to San Francisco. Happy to kick off 2022. I’m excited by the projects in planning! 

I’m eagerly awaiting – and preparing for – my sweeping retrospective exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Can’t wait to see everybody, and share new works, pay tribute to all the work that brought me to today, participate in discussions and workshops. I’ll be showing up in Indiana with some surprises!

Lastly, Color x Color will be presented in a third edition (two editions having sold out), each and every stunning page, still at 752 pages. I’m grateful for it’s success, and your reception of it! Thanks to the kind reviews and support of the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED Arts, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, 7×7 — Having reached the #1 spot on Amazon in Individual Artist Monographs, #2 in Printmaking, and #4 in Rock Music, Color x Color matches the successes of the big publishers by every measure, and that is due to you my supporters!

All my books are again available for you to take home HERE on my website and HERE on Amazon worldwide.

 

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Art Basel Miami, Bill Kreutzmann, Billy & The Kids, Billy Strings, Chthoneon, Chthoneon The Art of Chuck Sperry, Chuck Sperry, Context Art Fair, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, FWMOA, Hashimoto Contemporary, Helikon, Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry, Muses, Pythia

August 8, 2020 By squirt

Sperry Books: “Color x Color”, “Helikon”, “Chthoneon” & “Idyllion”

“Idyllion, The Art of Chuck Sperry” continues the poetic journey started by Chuck’s previous companion books “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” and “Chthoneon, The Art of Chuck Sperry”. 

“Idyllion” collects 29 gorgeously photographed new Sperry screen printed art works paired with the prose or poem — from Hesiod to Maynard James Keenan — that inspired each. 

The reader is also offered insight into Chuck’s latest political poster in support of the Equal Rights Amendment campaign with an extensive interview of Sperry by graphic design legend Steven Heller. The interview — accompanied by beautiful photographs by Shaun Roberts — follows the artist at work from the production process to launching the poster.

“Idyllion” is overflowing with evocative and inspiring new work from one of America’s most popular, outspoken and important contemporary artists.

More Details about Book

Idyllion • Silver Edition

$55 Including Shipping • US ORDERS ONLY




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“Chthoneon, The Art of Chuck Sperry” delves boldly into Sperry’s artistic imagination, inspiration and reasoning, continuing where it’s companion book “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” left off. “Chthoneon” collects 22 gorgeously photographed new Sperry screen printed art works paired with the prose or poem — from Aristophanes to Margaret Atwood — that inspired each.

More Details about Book

Chthoneon • Silver Edition

$55 Including Shipping • US ORDERS ONLY




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Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry

“Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” gathers together Sperry’s 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.

More Details about Book

Helikon • Silver Edition

$55 Including Shipping • US ORDERS ONLY




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“Color x Color: The Sperry Poster Archive” illustrates the 40 year career arc of renowned rock poster artist and master screen printer, Chuck Sperry. The 750+ page tome features over 800 color reproductions of Sperry’s work, from his early years creating posters for Bill Graham’s legendary Fillmore Auditorium, to his eye-arresting work for The Who, Eric Clapton, Pearl Jam, and the Black Keys.

More Details about Book

“Color x Color: The Sperry Poster Archive” • Third Printing

$120 Including Shipping • US ORDERS ONLY




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July 23, 2019 By squirt

Sperry Posters in “PEARL JAM: LIVE IN TWO DIMENSIONS”

Pearl Jam Live in Two Dimensions, Haight Street Art Center, Chuck Sperry
Chuck Sperry & Chris Shaw design for Pearl Jam will rock San Francisco transit for the rest of the summer!

Opening on Saturday, July 27 at the Haight Street Art Center in San Francisco, PEARL JAM: LIVE IN TWO DIMENSIONS is an extensive exhibition of Pearl Jam gig posters. Covering the entire official Pearl Jam poster series from its origins, development, and eventual growth into one of rock’s most remarkable achievements in graphic art, this show will serve hardcore poster collectors, casual fans, and the general public alike.

The opening reception of PEARL JAM: LIVE IN TWO DIMENSIONS will take place on Saturday, July 27th from 5pm – 8pm. The exhibition will be free and open to the public through September 2019.

A very limited offering of Sperry’s Pearl Jam Miami poster will be available to buy at the opening. Chuck will be at the opening to sign his books – High Volume, Helikon and Chthoneon – which will be available through Haight Street Art Center. 

Brought together below is a check-list of all the posters Chuck Sperry created for Pearl Jam, Ten Club and Eddie Vedder. Which is your favorite? Which ones will be in the show? Which posters do you have in your collection?

Pearl Jam Live in Two Dimensions, Haight Street Art Center, Chuck Sperry

Pearl Jam Live in Two Dimensions, Haight Street Art Center, Chuck Sperry

Pearl Jam Live in Two Dimensions, Haight Street Art Center, Chuck Sperry

Pearl Jam Live in Two Dimensions, Haight Street Art Center, Chuck Sperry

Pearl Jam Live in Two Dimensions, Haight Street Art Center, Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw

Pearl Jam Live in Two Dimensions, Haight Street Art Center, Chuck Sperry

Pearl Jam Live in Two Dimensions, Haight Street Art Center, Chuck Sperry

Pearl Jam Live in Two Dimensions, Haight Street Art Center, Chuck Sperry

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ames Brothers, Chris Shaw, Chthoneon, Chuck Sperry, Eddie Vedder, EMEK, Haight Street Art Center, Helikon, High Volume, Pearl Jam, Ten Club

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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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