Chuck Sperry

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Color x Color Second Printing Book Release in USA & EU

Surprise! I made the difficult trip from San Francisco to Europe to import my books to the European Union. After more than six months of researching the travel restrictions, and finally more than two months of collecting all manner of paperwork necessary, I took my mandatory Covid exam, filed my work permit, received special permissions to import goods and work safely in the art / cultural economic sphere – I was cleared to fly to France. 

Mission: Color x Color book release in Europe. 

I’ve quarantined for 3 days so far, and will continue for 8 days total. I’m in a work bubble with proper Covid protocols. Masks and hand washing. I’m in an open rural area. There is no population density here. I feel safe, and I’ll work to stay safe. France has a scientific approach in the context of a democracy which I respect. 

I will be making an online release IN AMERICA of the second printing my career spanning book, “Color x Color: The Sperry Archive, 1980-2020” on Thursday, October 15, 2020. HERE

I may stop the online sale at a certain number, and restart soon again (estimate in a week) to keep the orders shipping smoothly. These orders are US ONLY and will be shipped from Hangar 18 in Oakland, USA.

I will be making a limited book release event, following safe Covid protocols, at l’Oeil Ouvert Gallery, 1 rue Lucien Sampaix 75010 Paris on October 22, 2020, time to be announced. I will be there in person! More Information

I will be making a second limited book release event, following safe Covid protocols, at Next Door Gallery, rue de L’Arquebuse 16, Geneve 1204 on October 29, 2020, time to be announced. I will be there in person! More Information

There will be a EUROPEAN ONLY online release of “Color x Color” in November, date and time to be announced. These orders are EUROPE ONLY and will be shipped from France. HERE 

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Sperry Solo “The World To Come” at Next Door Gallery Geneva

The World To Come

Next Door Gallery
Rue de l’Arquebuse 16
1204 Geneva, Switzerland
October 29 to November 14, 2020.

Next Door Gallery of Geneva, Switzerland is pleased to present “The World To Come” a solo exhibition by San Francisco-based screen print master Chuck Sperry. 

For his upcoming solo exhibition in Geneva, Chuck will be showing his recent rock posters and art prints from the last two years. Chuck will also present his newest art book: “Color x Color: The Sperry Archive 1980-2020”.

American artist Chuck Sperry is known for his ethereal and psychedelically saturated screen prints that draw crowds of dedicated fans around the world. He draws inspiration from graffiti, pop art, Symbolism, Art Nouveau and ukiyo-e.

Moving past his early work devoted to subverting the memes of advertising, trash-culture, and comics — he currently imagines a verdant garden of new work tended by his signature shimmering muses, calling this work a “utopian provocation.”

“My current work has much more to do with symmetry and proportion, color and balance. It’s a utopian provocation; while the present era couldn’t be more off balance, more dystopian.  I want my work to provoke meditations and emotional responses to its clear colors, balance and symmetry – to give courage, light and beauty to all of us trapped in an ugly historical moment. I don’t want to fragment my work . . .  not just yet . . . or abstract or dissolve; 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.” 
– Chuck Sperry, Juxtapoz Magazine, March 29, 2018

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

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Chuck Sperry’s “Invisible Reasons” Art Tour Coming to Geneva in June 2019

Invisible Reasons
A solo exhibition of new work by Chuck Sperry

Next Door Gallery
16 rue de l’Arquebuse
Geneva Switzerland

Opening Night Reception: June 13, 2019, 6pm
Exposition from June 13 to June 29, 2019

Next Door Gallery in Geneva, Switzerland is pleased to present “Invisible Reasons” a solo exhibition by San Francisco-based screen print master Chuck Sperry. 

For his upcoming solo exhibition in Geneva, Chuck will be showing his recent rock posters and art prints – from the last two years – and his newest editions on oak panel. Chuck will also present his newest art book: “Chthoneon: The Art of Chuck Sperry”

American artist Chuck Sperry is known for his ethereal and psychedelically saturated screen prints that draw crowds of dedicated fans around the world. He draws inspiration from graffiti, pop art, Symbolism, Art Nouveau and ukiyo-e.

Moving past his early work devoted to subverting the memes of advertising, trash-culture, and comics — he currently imagines a verdant garden of new work tended by his signature shimmering muses, calling this work a “utopian provocation.”

“Motivation for my art can be psychological or philosophical – emerging from the realm of the psyche, from the realm of ideas, or from spiritual dimensions. Drawn together my work is the visible effect of these invisible realms making their mark in the physical world – in short it’s psychedelic.”

 

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“Help Puerto Rico” Show at Next Door Gallery to Aid Hurricane Victims

“Help Puerto Rico”
Exhibition from 16 to 21 October 2017

Next Door Gallery
Rue de l’Arquebuse 16
1204 Geneva

Opening:
19 October 2017 at 6pm
In the presence of many artists

Hours:
Mondy-Friday 1:00pm – 6:30pm
Saturday 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Or by appointment

Concerned artists, from different backgrounds, are mobilizing to help the population of the island of Puerto Rico devastated by Hurricane Maria. Next Door Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland, opens its doors for a unique exhibition where all sales will go to local aid organizations to bring water, electricity, and medicine to the most affected populations of the island.

Chuck Sperry • Serval • Da Black Sheep • jazi • Rey One • Bryan Teach • Steph Guignard
Defos • Nicolas Chablais • Geoffroy Baud • Nico Cennamo • Mrs Bô • Malizia Moulin
Javier Varela • Cruz • Grems • Giovanni Guida • Vesna Bilanovic • Thibault Shärer
And many more

Please contact Next Door Gallery for details of the pieces I’ve donated to the show. 

Join our Facebook event HERE

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“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

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Sperry Books: “Color x Color” • “Helikon” • “Chthoneon”

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