An auburn-haired songstress holds a fawn. Shocking magenta hair falls to the shoulders of a blue nude strapped with artillery. A 1950s-model cop car rests peacefully at the bottom of the sea, washed in blues and purples revealing a silent white angel. Each outstanding print on display represents a prominent rock band. Each was created by Chuck Sperry.

In early 2011, Chuck Sperry, San Francisco artist and co-owner of Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company, made an unprecedented donation to the Library’s Art, Music and Recreation Department of over one hundred limited edition, hand-printed rock art posters. Officially entitled, The Chuck Sperry Archive, this collection comprehensively documents the Goldenvoice Music Series (at the Regency and Warfield Theaters) from 2008 to present, as well as selected Firehouse productivity related to the cultural-life of San Francisco.

This collection is exciting in both use of color and variety of content. Each silkscreen print is comprised of up to sixteen colors, applied as individual layers. The pieces reference styles ranging from Japanese nishiki-e, Austrian Expressionism, 1960s psychedelia, to the provocative punk poster tradition of Sperry’s youth.  Musicians such as Neko Case, Danzig, Bad Religion, Nick Cave, Soundgarden and The Black Keys are represented, as are a talented group of Bay Area graphic artists (Ron Donovan, Alex Fischer, Gregg Gordon, John Howard, Dave Hunter, Alan Hynes, Scott Johnson, Dennis Loren, Chris Shaw, Frank Zio, & Zoltron) who contributed to the Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster series under the art direction of Chuck Sperry.

High Volume Opening Reception

Thursday, October 20th from 6–7 pm
Latino/Hispanic Room A & B

High Volume will be on display at the San Francisco Public Library
October 7^th, 2011 – January 6^th, 2012 on the 4th floor.

The second piece in the Red Vic Movie House poster series is for Black Dynamite showing January 21st, 22nd, and 23rd. Designed and screen printed by Ron Donovan and Dave Hunter, this movie poster measures 16″ x 23″ and comes signed and numbered by both artists from an edition of 100. Get funky and pick one up at gammalyte.com

Ron Donovan and Dave Hunter teamed up over the holidays to design and print a movie poster for Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars playing at the Red Vic Movie House in San Francisco on December 29–30, 2009. This screen print comes from an edition of 100, signed and numbered by both artists, and measures approximately 17″ x 23″. Available now at gammalyte.com

Dark Nouveau Bleeding Eye Regular

Dark Nouveau Regular Edition of 90

Dark Nouveau Bleeding Eye Red Variant

Dark Nouveau Red Variant Edition of 16

Dave Hunter sporting Dark Nouveau outside of Hangar 18

Fisheye Detail view

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Regular Edition Print

Foil Edition Print