Jun
4
2010
Mar
9
2010
Spring Forward with Jacknife Posters and Firehouse
Spring Forward Poster Show featuring British silkscreen poster artists Jacknife Posters from Bristol, England and Firehouse of San Francisco.
Opening:
Thursday March 11th at 7pm
(2 days only – Thursday and Friday – March 11th & 12th)
Artrock Gallery
893 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
www.artrock.com
Ron Donovan and Chuck Sperry of the Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company met Chris Hopewell from Bristol, England at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas in 2005. In 2007, while conducting a silkscreen print demonstration at Flatstock poster convention, Chuck and Ron spoke at length to Chris about getting started with his own print studio. Inspired by the demonstration, Chris Hopewell went home to the United Kingdom and opened a silkscreen print studio with partners and called it Jacknife Posters.
By the time Firehouse toured the United Kingdom in 2008, Mr. Hopewell and the Jacknife print collective would have dozens and dozens of cool rock posters under their belt. Since 2007, Jacknife has been spreading art of rock to Great Britain – most notably by producing posters in the open air at the Glastonbury Music Festival.
Jacknife posters have a bold style informed by a punk aesthetic. Using surprising imagery, Jacknife pares their posters down to a clear, direct statement. They design and print their unambiguous, rebellious posters with a hands-on silkscreen process that informs their art.
Come and celebrate our San Francisco joint show as we get ready to go together to SXSW in Texas and later to the Glastonbury Music Festival in England as Jacknife has invited Firehouse to join them for the Glastonbury Music Festival print demonstration this June 23rd through June 27th.
- Firehouse and Jacknife will be sharing a booth at SXSW/Flatstock Poster Convention – March 17th, 18th and 19th
- Jacknife has invited Firehouse to join them for the Glastonbury Music Festival print demonstration in Somerset, England – June 23rd through June 27th.
SPECIAL PRINT RELEASE
2010 JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
FIREHOUSE GOLDENVOICE #94/#95
poster by CHRIS SHAW AND RON DONOVAN
Aug
27
2009
Emory Douglas in New Zealand for Art Showing
He’s an artist who travels the world doing shows, but in the late 60’s Emory
Douglas was a revolutionary calling for black Americans to take up arms.
Ali Ikram of 3 News New Zealand met the former culture minister of the Black Panther Party. View the video here.
Emory Douglas Radio Interview with Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand. Former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party visiting New Zealand as the 2009 Elam International Artist in Residency with an exhibition of graphic art work and free public lectures (duration: 33m 13s). Listen to the interview here.
The Power of The Panther – New Zealand Herald News article.
21 August – 3 October 2009
THE GUS FISHER GALLERY
The Kenneth Myers Centre
74 Shortland Street
Auckland, New Zealand
www.gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz
GALLERY HOURS
Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm
Saturday 12pm – 4pm
Closed Public Holidays
All exhibitions and public programmes are free and take place at the Gus Fisher Gallery unless otherwise noted.
THE GUS FISHER GALLERY GALLERY HOURS
The Kenneth Myers Centre Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm
74 Shortland St Saturday 12pm – 4pm
Auckland, New Zealand Closed Public Holidays
Telephone: 3737 599 ext 86646