Mind Spring

Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, Ron Donovan
New paintings, installations, and limited silkscreen editions

January 14 - February 18, 2012

Mind Spring Chuck Sperry

Lending rock and alternative music a form of visual expression in sync with their urban environments, Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, and Ron Donovan embrace, alter, re-assign meaning and re-contextualize images until they become the medium-the subject emerging, used purposely--irreverently or reverently--to transform ephemeral events and experiences into a lexicon of shared cultural visual memory.

"Donovan, Shaw and Sperry have made their living creating expressive contemporary prints and posters for both the collector and the general public whose capacity for images is not just at its maximum, but teetering on overload. Dedication to their craft has rewarded them with a mastery of color theory, composition and print design that creates a language that can be seen, perhaps almost heard, amidst a visually competitive, urban environment. Never known for following the consensus of any art establishment, these three have a strict loyalty to their craft, and have become leading innovators of the rock poster art form. Their suspicion and disdain for mainstream American politics often characterizes their approach to making art. With a sincere dedication to a broad public audience, they reflect a social consciousness and draw much from the immediate urban environment." - Renee de Cossio, curator SFMOMA

In Mind Spring, Sperry creates an icon of the Worldwide Occupy Movement and it's antecedent in the Arab Spring. The figure wreathed in blooming spring flowers is a representation of the surprising enlightened humanism, the opening mind, the broadened socio-political possibilities which has swept the world in 2011.


Press Release

Artwork:

Gorgon from Chris Shaw
Gorgon 2
Chris Shaw & Chuck Sperry collaboration
Acrylic on Panel
2011
80 x 216 inches
 
Gorgon from Chris Shaw
Gorgon 1
Chris Shaw & Chuck Sperry collaboration
Acrylic on Panel
2011
80 x 216 inches
 
Keeper of the Gate Ron Donovan
Keeper of the Gate
8 Layered Hand Painted Dye Cut Panels
2011
144 x 108 inches
 
Chaos Chuck Sperry
Chuck Sperry - Chaos (CREAM)
Hand-Pulled 8 Color Silkscreen on Archival Cream Paper
2012
Edition of 50
22 x 33 inches
USD $150  
Cosmos Chuck Sperry
Chuck Sperry - Chaos (Gold)
Hand-Pulled 8 Color Silkscreen on Archival Metallic GMUND Paper
2012
Edition of 10
22 x 33 inches
USD $250  
Untitled Chris Shaw
Madonna Kalashnikov
Acrylic on Canvas
2012
30 x 40 1/4 inches
 
Untitled Chris Shaw
Madonna of the 40oz.
Acrylic & Currency on Canvas
2010
36 x 48 inches
 
Elvis Illuminati Chris Shaw
Elvis Illuminati
Acrylic on Canvas
2010
36 x 48 inches
 
Jimi Hendrix Icon Chris Shaw
Jimi Hendrix Icon
Acrylic on Canvas
2010
36 x 48 inches
 
Untitled Chris Shaw
Madonna of the Suicide Vest
Acrylic on Canvas
2012
30 x 40 1/4 inches
 
(Untitled) Ron Donovan
Bring Me the Head of Elvis
Anodized Aluminum Print
2010
19 x 19 1/2 inches
 
(Untitled) Ron Donovan
Ganesh
Anodized Aluminum Print
2010
17 x 25 inches