7 color silkscreen The Thing poster by Scott Johnson
Smart direction by Ron Donovan

The prequel to one of the greatest sci-fi/horror movies ever made came out on Friday so I (ScottyJ) did the officially unofficial poster for it.

Signed & Numbered
Edition of 50

Available at scottyjprints.com

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.

Goldenvoice presents
Butthole Surfers with 400 Blows poster by Scott Johnson
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, California
Edition of 100
Signed & Numbered

10 color silkscreen printed at Hangar 18, avail­able soon at scottyjprints.com

Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra, Lord Loves A Working Man, The Struts poster by Scott Johnson
July 16, 2011
Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco, California
Signed & Numbered

available soon at scottyjprints.com

Repo Man is playing at the Red Vic Movie House June 3rd and 4th, 2011 and artist Scott Johnson printed up some posters for it! This 4 color silkscreen poster will be available at the Red Vic.