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Eyesore: Recent Litter from the Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company

To celebrate the 6 year anniversary for the book release of Eyesore: Recent Litter from the Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company by Chuck Sperry & Ron Donovan, the 540 Club is hosting an art show to celebrate. Come down to see silk screened gig posters, art prints, and other pop culture mayhem that was featured in the book. Posters will be available for purchase. We hope to see you there.

540 Club
540 Clement St. & 7th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 752-7276

Editorial Review: Firehouse has created posters for rock bands including Pavement, Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Madonna, Eric Clapton, Widespread Panic, Van Morrison and the Rolling Stones. Although the artists of the Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company, aka Chuck Sperry and Ron Donovan, have worked with numerous major rock bands, they have maintained their street credibility by furnishing posters for such events as Incredibly Strange Wrestling, which mixes punk bands and Mexican wrestlers. This book contains a rich sampling of their signature silkscreen technique that blends splendid artistry with impeccable craftsmanship — an eye-popping collection of the rock and roll posters and ephemera that made this studio famous.

To commemorate Eric Clapton’s rockin’ historic Tokyo Budokan concert run in February 2009, a limited edition poster was commissioned from the Firehouse Kustom Rockart Co.  These gig posters were printed by traditional hand silkscreening in a limited edition of 500 and are numbered and plate signed by the artists, Ron Donovan and Chuck Sperry.  The art features a traditional Japanese lantern along with the famous Bukokan, the site of so many Eric Clapton concerts.  Each poster is  26.5″ x 14″ and now available for purchase at Eric Clapton’s online store.

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