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July 4, 2024 By squirt

Pneuma Blotter Release • Sperry Signing at SF Art Book Fair with Paragon

“Pneuma” 2024
Edition of 350
9 x 11.25
Vegetable based inks
80# unbleached cotton paper
BC Blotter Co.
Signed and Numbered

Join me for an “in-person” book signing and blotter release of my newest blotter “Pneuma” at the SF Art Book Fair coming Sunday, July 21, 2024, noon to 2 pm PST. 

I’ll be making a very limited release of my Pneuma blotters online via launch on EQL later in July, sign up for my mailing list to get the latest news!

Chuck Sperry – Book Signing & “Pneuma” Blotter Launch
Sunday, July 21 from Noon – 2 pm
at Paragon Books (Booth E1)

The SF Art Book Fair 2024
Minnesota Street Project
1275 Minnesota St.
San Francisco, CA.
Booth E1 (Paragon Books)

Paragon Books is thrilled to be hosting an exclusive blotter release and book signing event with master screen printer and rock poster legend Chuck Sperry! 

Beginning on Sunday, July 21 from 12:00 noon —2:00 PM PST the artist will be present to sign copies of his books and release his newest blotter “Pneuma” at Booth E1 (Paragon Books) at The SF Art Book Fair (1275 Minnesota St. San Francisco, CA.)

Paragon Books will be offering these Sperry books and collectible card sets at the SF Art Book Fair (no posters or prints):

– Color x Color, The Sperry Poster Archive 1980-2020 (2020)
– Idyllion, The Art of Chuck Sperry (2022)
– Chthoneon, The Art of Chuck Sperry (2018)
– Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry (2017)
– The Sperry Collectible Card Set: Poster Series 2 (2023) very limited offering!
– The Sperry Collectible Card Set: Poster Series 1 (2022) very limited offering!

More Details • Books available online Now!

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chthoneon The Art of Chuck Sperry, Chuck Sperry, Color x Color: The Sperry Poster Archive, Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry, Idyllion The Art of Chuck Sperry, Minnesota Street Project, Paragon Books, Pneuma Blotter, San Francisco Art Book Fair, Shaun Roberts, The Sperry Collectible Card Set

July 8, 2023 By squirt

Sperry Signing at SF Art Book Fair with Paragon • Card Set 2 Debut!

The SF Art Book Fair 2023
Minnesota Street Project
1275 Minnesota St. 
San Francisco, CA.
Booth E7 (Paragon Books)

Chuck Sperry Signing
Sunday, July 16th
11:30AM-12:30PM PST

Paragon Books is thrilled to be hosting an exclusive book signing event with master screen printer and rock poster legend Chuck Sperry! Beginning on Sunday, July 16th from 11:30AM-12:30PM PST the artist will be present to sign copies of his books and collectible card sets at Booth E7 (Paragon Books) at The SF Art Book Fair (1275 Minnesota St. San Francisco, CA.)

The San Francisco Art Book Fair will be the worldwide debut of The Sperry Collectible Card Set: Poster Series 2, the second in a series of premium collectible cards featuring a curated selection of the most popular rock posters and prints from Sperry’s extensive archive.

The Sperry Collectible Card Set: Poster Series 2 was artfully designed by renowned art photographer and premium book designer Shaun Roberts, and it was curated and published by Chuck Sperry. We are thrilled to present this newest collaboration!

More Details • Card Set: Poster Series 2 

Paragon Books will be offering these Sperry books and collectible card sets at the SF Art Book Fair (no posters or prints):

– Color x Color, The Sperry Poster Archive 1980-2020 (2020)
– Idyllion, The Art of Chuck Sperry (2022)
– Chthoneon, The Art of Chuck Sperry (2018)
– Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry (2017)
– The Sperry Collectible Card Set: Poster Series 2 (2023)
– The Sperry Collectible Card Set: Poster Series 1 (2022) very limited offering!

More Details • Books available online Now!

Paragon Books will offer amazing exclusive releases from artists:
Chuck Sperry, Felicia Chiao, Anna Valdez, Andrew Schoultz and Robert Bowen 
during the San Francisco Art Book Fair!

The SF Art Book Fair 2023
Minnesota Street Project
1275 Minnesota St. 
San Francisco, CA.

Fair Hours:
July 14 – 16, 2023
Preview: Thursday, July 13

Public Hours – Free admission
Thursday, July 13: 6pm – 10pm
Friday, July 14: 11am – 6pm
Saturday, July 15: 11am – 6pm
Sunday, July 16: 11am – 5pm 

Filed Under: Rock Posters Tagged With: Andrew Schoultz, Anna Valdez, Chthoneon The Art of Chuck Sperry, Chuck Sperry, Color x Color: The Sperry Poster Archive, Felicia Chiao, Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry, Idyllion The Art of Chuck Sperry, Minnesota Street Project, Paragon Books, Robert Bowen, San Francisco Art Book Fair, Shaun Roberts, The Sperry Collectible Card Set

April 17, 2023 By squirt

“Pythia” Blotter Art Release & Book Signing at Haight Street Art Center

Pythia, 2023
9 x 6.25
Edition of 200
Perforated blotter paper
Signed and Numbered

Join me for an “in-person” book signing and blotter release at the Haight Street Art Center this Sunday, April 23, 2023. 

I’ll be making a very limited release of my Pythia blotters in collaboration with Shakedown Gallery with the support of the Haight Street Art Center at this event. In addition, I’ll be signing my books: “Color x Color: The Sperry Poster Archive, 1980-2020”, my 750 page career spanning retrospective, and my muse books “Idyllion”, “Chthoneon” and “Helikon”.

Haight Street Art Center
215 Haight St (at Laguna)
San Francisco, CA 94102

Sunday April 23, 2023
12 noon to 1 pm: Haight Street Art Center Members Only.
1 pm to 4 pm: General Public

Become a member HERE

From the Haight Street Art Center concerning the show:

Kaleidoscope Eyes: Celebrating The 80th Anniversary of Bicycle Day Through Blotter Art

On April 19th, 1943, Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann intentionally ingested a small amount of LSD and then rode his bicycle home, experiencing history’s first intentional LSD trip. He later described the experience as “a remarkable and memorable day.”

In subsequent decades LSD moved from laboratories to the streets and was often circulated via perforated sheets of paper known as “blotter paper,” frequently adorned with colorful designs and unique symbols. The art served as both an ad hoc form of branding and created a playful connection between the distributor and the intended audience.

In the 1980s blotter art began to be collected and displayed as a form of underground folk art, particularly due to the zealous enthusiasm of collector and counterculture archivist Mark McCloud.

The Kaleidoscope Eyes exhibit brings together pieces of historical blotter art with pieces from modern screenprint masters and popular rock artists alongside pieces signed by internationally-renown psychedelic luminaries and even some pieces from the legendary Institute of Illegal Images amassed by McCloud.

We’re excited to be partnering with Shakedown Gallery in our retail space and will be offering limited edition signed and unsigned Blotter art through the run of this exhibit.

Also showing: 

• Olga Spiegel: Pioneer in Psychedelic Art 

• The Haight-Ashbury Experience and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Photography of Herb Greene

• Enough Is Enough: End Gun Violence

• Via Dolorosa, The 14 Stations of Tyre Nichols by John Mavroudis

Filed Under: Rock Posters Tagged With: Chthoneon The Art of Chuck Sperry, Chuck Sperry, Haight Street Art Center, Helikon The Muses of Chuck Sperry, Idyllion The Art of Chuck Sperry, Muses, Pythia, Shakedown Gallery

October 18, 2022 By squirt

“Idyllion”, a Chuck Sperry Solo Exhibition and Book Signing in Geneva

Legend Art Gallery of Geneva is excited to announce “Idyllion” – the latest solo exhibition by acclaimed contemporary artist and master printer, Chuck Sperry. 

Featuring brand new screen printed works on wood panel; a survey of recent gig and political art posters; and brand new oversized blotters produced by BC Blotter Co. 

We will debut large scale collage collaborations with Cuban-born artist Jorge.

Also we are offering two new limited edition items: Chuck’s newest art book, “Idyllion, The Art of Chuck Sperry”; and a brand new series of limited edition collectible card sets. The artist will be in attendance. See you there!

On view: November 3 – November 25.

Vernissage: November 3

Legend Art Gallery Presents:
“Idyllion” a Chuck Sperry solo exhibition
Place du Marché 23, Carouge (Geneva)

Filed Under: Art Prints Tagged With: Geneva, Idyllion, Idyllion The Art of Chuck Sperry, Jorge, Legend Art Gallery

October 18, 2022 By squirt

“Idyllion”, a Chuck Sperry Solo Exhibition & Book Signing in Paris

L’Oeil Ouvert Gallery of Paris is excited to announce “Idyllion” – the latest solo exhibition by acclaimed contemporary artist and master printer, Chuck Sperry. 

Featuring brand new screen printed works on wood panel; a survey of recent gig and political art posters; and brand new oversized blotters produced by BC Blotter Co. 

We will debut new large scale collage collaborations with Cuban-born artist Jorge.

Also we are offering two new limited edition items: Chuck’s newest art book, “Idyllion, The Art of Chuck Sperry”; and a brand new series of limited edition collectible card sets. The artist will be in attendance. See you there!

On view: November 11 – November 27.

Vernissage: November 11

l’Oeil Ouvert Gallery Presents:
“Idyllion” a Chuck Sperry solo exhibition
1 rue Lucien Sampaix, 75010 Paris

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Idyllion, Idyllion The Art of Chuck Sperry, Jorge, l'Oeil Ouvert, Paris

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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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