Sunday, June 14, 2009
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Dara
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6/14/2009 08:57:00 AM
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Art of rock posters
So I was at the library the other day, helping Hanna to find some books on tree house and playhouse design, when I just happened to see the book Art of Modern Rock: Mini # 1 A-Z , by Dennis King. I picked it up, along with a book on skateboard art and logo design, and it's been a fun, relaxing time flipping through each and enjoying the eye candy. And while the King book is by no means a definitive collection or piece of historical work (by his own admittance, it's designed as a gateway to his more expensive tome Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion ), it did entertain and led me in turn to his website. He owns D. King Gallery in Berkeley, California, where the focus is on "posters, screen prints, and non-print works by poster artists".
I suppose it's my comic book pedigree, but I found myself attracted most to the posters featuring a clean line illustration style. You know, folks like Coop:
  
and R.Black:
  
Now admittedly, both of them rely on a very limited set of subjects and compositions, but they do that whole good girl/devil girl genre so well.
A new discovery for me was Scrojo, who has a much broader range and serious design chops:
   
I especially dig that Chrissie Hynde image.
Here are a few other works I liked, from artists with a wide body of work:
Malleus:
  
Todd Slater:
  
Emek:
  
And while not a huge Derek Hess fan (I know, I know, blasphemy!) I did like a few of his posters:
 
And finally, I'd like to give a shout out to a couple of local and regional guys who, while not world famous yet, are well on their way:
Cleveland indie/punk zine king and friend of the ferret, John G:
  
And Columbus boy Clint Reno:
   
So who are some of your favorite rock poster artists?Labels: art
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