I’d Love To Turn You On / John Lennon 2026
21” x 31”
Edition of 300
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and numbered
I’m excited to reveal my new art print — “I’d Love To Turn You On / John Lennon” — for “Chuck Sperry: Archetypes” at Harman Projects in San Francisco. My print will be available exclusively through Harman Projects at the opening of my solo art exhibition.
I’ve been a Beatles fan since I was a kid, and of course the writing team of Lennon-McCartney was unparalleled in greatness. After the Beatles officially split on 31 December 1970, Lennon’s protest music took on a new intensity. The release of “Power to the People” in early 1971 highlighted Lennon’s belief that if people come together as one, anything was possible. I feel the recent midterm election has taught us the power of community in shaping our democracy and our future.
As a solo artist, John Lennon’s unique talent and passionate campaign for world peace made him one of the most influential activists the world has ever seen. “Peace is no violence, no frustration, no fear,” claimed Lennon — and with this lyrical mantra, he strived to promote the issues he believed in, inspiring change through music which both provoked and united communities. I’ve found a deep resonance in John Lennon’s attitudes toward the relationship of music to art, and art to activism. I hope you can feel that commitment in my new art print portrait.
(Any future online release will be through Harman Projects with any prints remaining after the opening — please, sign up to their mailing list to stay up-to-date on all the latest news.)
Please join us for “Chuck Sperry: Archetypes” at Harman Projects, San Francisco where you can acquire my new work.
Here’s a checklist of offerings at Harman Projects:
Brand new John Lennon art print release:
(regular, silver, gold, satin black, sparkle foil, lava foil)
Brand new Sophia Blotter.
Brand new panel editions of 30: Sophia, Arete, Titania, Kallirhoe.
Plus San Francisco reserve on recent panels (created 2026): Juno, Courage, Pseudea, Iphigenia, Soeurs Jumelles, Danaïde, Love.
A large selection of archive wood panels.
Paper prints: Deep dive into Archive prints and posters!
Hometown Premier of Sperry’s new 680 page art book: Archetypes, The Sperry Art Print Archive 2009-2026.
2 new Sperry Collectible Art Card sets.
Please note: the Opening Night Reception will be a ticketed event. To purchase your tickets, please visit our Eventbrite page:
“Sophia” Blotter 2026 • Edition of 300 • 11.25 x 9 •
BC Blotter Co • (with border)
Vegetable based inks •
80# unbleached cotton paper • Signed and Numbered
Sophia 2026 • 20” x 28.5” • Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel • Signed and numbered
Areté 2026 • 20” x 36.5” • Edition of 30
5 colors on oak panel • Signed and numbered
Titania 2026 • 20” x 26” • Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel • Signed and numbered
Kallirhoë 2026 • 20” x 29” • Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel • Signed and numbered
Harman Projects is proud to present Archetypes, a solo exhibition by San Francisco-based artist Chuck Sperry. The exhibition follows Sperry’s landmark retrospective at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, and brings forth a comprehensive presentation of new and archival original screen-printed wood panels, works on paper, card sets, and his latest art compendium: Archetypes, The Sperry Art Print Archive 2009-2026.
Celebrating Sperry’s counter-cultural roots, the watershed exhibition is devoted to his decades-long exploration of the archetypes of Greek mythology and serves as a visual dialogue with the ideals that helped shape the philosophical foundations of American democracy. Mapping his progress from street art and concert poster worlds, Archetypes follows his trajectory print by print from master printmaker to mainstream-recognized and world renowned artist.
Of his work, he shares: “My art is meant to beautify, but also to inspire engagement and awaken the viewer’s sense of agency. Greek archetypes help with that, because they speak in a universal symbolic language that transcends division. Through myth, I like to inspire discussion about courage, justice, renewal, resilience — without immediately falling into partisan trenches.”
These themes of courage, justice, and resilience are reflected in both the artist’s work and active political engagement. Sperry’s involvement in the ERA movement spanned from the creation of posters for Artists 4 era, Vote Equality, and the Center for Common Ground, which helped Democrats expand House and Senate seats in the 2022 and 2026 midterm elections. Today, as democratic principles are challenged, Sperry says, “I try to show that democracy is a living process. It begins with ideals, descends into the depths of our human challenges, and rises again into the shared garden of possibility.”
Sperry’s archetypes offer a guide through these realms and function as reminders that democracy is not static. Instead, Sperry explains democracy as “radical and transformative–a continual passage, a communal stewardship, and a utopian experiment we carry forward.” The artist continues, “I think of my work from the last few years as defiant in these dark times. I like to think I give people courage through it. It gives me courage to work on it.”
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“Chuck Sperry: Archetypes”
Solo exhibition by the San Francisco-based artist.
Artist Talk:
Saturday, November 7th
4pm to 4:30pm
Featuring Chuck Sperry and FWMoA Curator Josef Zimmerman
Opening Night Reception:
Saturday, November 7th
5pm to 10pm
The artist will be in attendance
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday / 11am – 6pm
Exhibition on view until Saturday, November 28th
Harman Projects SF
1275 Minnesota Street, Suite 106
San Francisco, CA 94107
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