The Black Keys with Portugal, & The Man poster by Jeff Soto
January 24 & 25, 2012
Le Zenith — Lille & Paris, France
18″ x 24″ on Cream Speckletone paper
printed at Inhouse Printing, Chino, CA
Jaune édition of 200
Pourpre édition of 25
Vert édition of 10

Jeff Soto recently designed a gig poster for The Black Keys. He made a cool video to show a little of the process that goes into designing something to be screen printed. Great Job Jeff!

Jeff comments:

 The inspiration was sculptural works I got to see in France, in particular those celebrating the French Revolution. I designed the poster loosely as a representation of Marie Antoinetteís head. I wanted it to be beautiful and sculptural, and maybe just a bit tragic. I donít know where the Black Key’s music fits in, but to me, it works well. There is something tragic in their music, there’s passion and angst and sexiness, and I tried to put all that in.

The lettering was inspired by the fonts used in the Paris Metro. I couldn’t believe them the first time I saw them. It reminded me of 60’s era hippy letters, but older looking. I think my friends in Paris take it for granted that they’re surrounded by this beautiful old design work. I live on the west coast, so we never see any signs that old!

These posters sold out fast on his store website PotatoStamp.com - 3 minutes tops.  I wasn’t fast enough today and am still looking for a purple edition, my favorite version out of the three.

Cul­tural scholar and activist Terezita Romo has authored the first extended mono­graph of the life and work of Malaquias Mon­toya, the rev­o­lu­tion­ary print­maker and painter who was one of the great influ­ences of the Chi­cano Arts Move­ment of the 60’s and 70’s.

Come meet the artist and author at our public reception and book party where we will host a dialogue between Montoya and Romo. The artist will also have prints on display and for sale, as well as the book.

Book Party for Malaquias Mon­toya
Fri­day, Decem­ber 9, 2011, 6pm
East­Side Cul­tural Cen­ter, 2277 Inter­na­tional Blvd, Oakland

Malaquias Montoya has lectured and taught at numerous colleges and universities in the San Francisco Bay Area including Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley. He was a Professor at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA for twelve years; for five of those years he was Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department as well. During this period he also served as Director of the Taller de Artes Graficas, in East Oakland, where he produced various prints and conducted many community art workshops. Since 1989 Montoya has held a professorship at the University of California, Davis, teaching both in the department of Art and the department of Chicana/o Studies. In 2000, he spent a semester as Visiting Professor in the Art Department at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, and he currently holds the title of Visiting Fellow in the Institute for Latino Studies at Notre Dame.

malaquiasmontoya.com

I’ve been digging paintings by Josh Keyes lately. You can check out more at JoshKeyes.net

“Josh Keyes’ style is reminiscent of the diagrammatic vocabulary found in scientific textbook illustrations that often express through a detached and clinical viewpoint an empirical representation of the natural world. Assembled into this virtual stage set are references to contemporary events along with images and themes from his personal mythology. Josh Keyes’ work is a hybrid of eco-surrealism and dystopian folktales that express a concern for our time and the Earth’s future.

Josh Keyes was born in Tacoma, Washington. He received a BFA in 1992 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in 1998 from Yale University. Keyes currently lives and works in Portland Oregon.”

fea­tur­ing The Moon­al­ice Poster Series & Art­work by: Chris Shaw • David Singer • Chuck Sperry • Ron Dono­van • Wendy Wright • Dave Hunter • Wes Wil­son • Stan­ley Mouse • Alexan­dra Fis­cher • Den­nis Loren • Lee Con­klin • Lau­ren Yurkovich • John Mavroudis • John Seabury • Car­olyn Fer­ris • Den­nis Larkins • Claude Shade • Dar­rin Brenner

FREE!

Fri­day, Novem­ber 4, 2011 • 6pm — 9pm

with an acoustic per­fo­mance by The Rowan Bros.

Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 5, 2011 • Noon — 9pm

with an acoustic per­for­mance by Moon­al­ice

more information at moonaliceposters.com 

I wanted to do my part in the OCCUPY movement by sharing these images, they are copyright to their respective artist. More FREE posters available at OccupyTogether.org

The posters provided on this page are free for you to download, print, and hang up within your community to promote local efforts and show solidarity for 99% of occupiers around the country.

Eric Drooker — Occupy the Streets download

OBEY — Legislative Influence For Sale download

OBEY — Small Privileges download

OBEY — It’s Mourning In America download

OBEY — Top-Elite Fashions For Sale download

OBEY — Corporate Violence For Sale download