Station 4

ROCK THE STREETS
The Rise of American Rock Poster Art

Chuck Sperry and Ron Donovan of The Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company
will be presenting an overview of their most recent hand printed silkscreen poster work.

Opening Party:
Thursday, June 4, 2009
5pm – 9pm

(Show runs from June 4th to August 4th 2009)

Ogilvy
111 Sutter Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
www.ogilvy.com

The Eric Clapton Series of ten posters (most recently for two internationally famous venues: Budokan, Tokyo and The Royal Albert Hall, London)

The Firehouse Goldenvoice series #1 through #40 (Rock Art posters produced by The Firehouse for The Warfield Theatre and Regency Grand Ballroom from September 2008 through June 2009)

Originals in mixed media & installation pieces

“American Artifact” film documentary pre-release film trailer featuring The Firehouse

(The “American Artifact” world premiere will be at The Red Vic Theater on Haight Street, San Francisco June 20, 2009 – visit www.americanartifactmovie.com for screening & ticket information)

Enjoy the rare opportunity to visit ad agency Ogilvy’s art gallery, usually only seen by employees and clients.

Rather than adorn it’s walls with traditional corporate-approved artwork, the creative forces at the agency have commissioned a who’s who of pop-artists to adorn the maze of hallways with challenging new art.

A two-day art event to heighten awareness about the abuse of power by police forces.

Friday May 15th
8pm – 2am
Suggested Donation: $10
(A portion of the proceeds will be donated to The October 22 Coalition)

Saturday May 16th
12pm – 6pm
(FREE open gallery)

Location
2323 East Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Click here for directions.

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
For two days, May 15th and 16th, a powerful visual protest will take place in Downtown LA that will include artists from around the nation whose motive and works will combat the all-too-common abuse of power by America’s police forces.

The show expresses the voices of a generation of minority and marginalized communities being criminalized by this pathological social dynamic. This issue is not just an isolated problem only happening in a few large cities, but is of nationwide epidemic levels. This event hopes to cast attention upon this injustice and advocate for reform.

This event is inspired by a recent art exhibition that took place in the San Francisco Bay Area in response to the murder of Oscar Grant by Oakland BART police. The group of local artists displayed works with a common goal – to bring responsible public awareness to this volatile and heated issue. This event will include works by many of Los Angeles’ political artists along with work from other talents from across the nation, incorporating music, live art, performance art, installations and other mediums.

FEATURING ART BY:

from LOS ANGELES
2 Cents, 2 Rabbits, Branded/Bob Motown, Contra, Skramble, John Carr, Karen Fiorito, Ritzy Periwinkle, The Hit + Run Crew, ABCNT, Brandy Flower, David Kietzman, Rory White, YEM, Mear One, Vyal and Robbie Conal

from SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Jon-Paul Bail, Brianna Lengel-Bail, Alison Smith, Tim Holgerson, Louis Hennings, Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, Ryan J. Saari, Taarna R. Grimsley, Paul Barron, Favianna Rodriguez, Frank Zio, Roberto Miguel, Logo, Ron Donovan, Chuck Sperry and Emory Douglas

from NEW YORK
Josh MacPhee

Live Silkscreening/Wheatpaste Installation:
Grow your own Media and Contra

Live Painting:
Mear One and Vyal

If you have not had a chance to see the historic screenprints by Emory Douglas up close and in person, this event will be an excellent opportunity to view them as Chuck Sperry did a remarkable job on the reproduction and this will be the first time the pieces have been exhibited in Los Angeles.

Art by Emory Douglas can be viewed here.

Mr. Douglas’ art prints will be available for purchase as well as art by many other fine artists from around the country. We hope you are able to make it out and support the cause, but if you are unable to attend yet know of others who might be interested, please forward this info along to ‘em? Thanks very much!

Station 4 is pleased to announce the newly refurbished website is up and running! We are even more pleased to present the availability of several limited edition art pieces by Chuck Sperry, Ron Donovan and Jon-Paul Bail.

Information regarding new releases, events and vacation giveaways will be posted regularly on the S4 website or you may follow us on Twitter as info is (sometimes) posted there as well. Be privy to our thoughts in 140 characters or less at twitter.com/station4gallery.

New limited edition art prints by MALLEUS, LINDSEY KUHN, EMORY DOUGLAS, WINSTON SMITH, DAVE HUNTER, ALAN HYNES, BRUCE GOSSETT, NICK RHODES, JOHN SEABURY and many others are in the works so stay tuned…

What does a revolutionary leader, a prime minister and the president of Cuba all have in common? They are all the subject of Chuck Sperry’s newest art print, “Fidel Castro”.

With only 13 printed this could very well be more difficult to get your grubby paws on than a Cuban cigar! Exclusively available for purchase from Station 4 on March 26th at high noon PST.

Chuck Sperry
“Fidel Castro”

SOLD OUT

Station 4 will be releasing new canvas art prints from a variety of different artists on a regular basis as part of an on-going series so keep your eyes open for a new batch in the coming weeks!

All releases will be limited to editions of 13.

It Takes All Kinds

ARTISTS INCLUDE: Shorty Fatz, John Stuart Berger, Matt Richie, Political Gridock, Ken Davis, Task 1

March 7 – April 26 2009

Opening Reception
Saturday, March 7 2009
6pm – 11pm

www.autobodyfineart.com