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American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art (2010) - A must for fans of Rock and Graphics

American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art (2010)

in a world of UFO documentary who do not lack, however, this is THE doc essential for any fan of music and graphics, and more to any fan of the 2 partners. Independent producer, Robin Becker has primarily launched into an adventure of passion. Any part of the book, The Art of rock n roll , we already talked about here. Almost on a whim, while the journalist plate to run the U.S. in search of the protagonists in this long story that is the rock poster. She returns with a fascinating documentary and ultra complete bonii presented forcefully in its DVD version.

Crossing the USA and eras, Merle Becker hand to meet the artists behind these works of art if not ephemeral, but certainly underestimated (although if we are to judge by the price of some of them on auction sites ...). Do here exhaustive list of stakeholders of this documentary would be long and tedious, but know show delivery pell-mell, Stanley Mouse, Frank Kozik , Art Chantry , EMEK , COOP , Derek Hess, Mark Arminski, Tara McPherson ((if the graphics varies), Justin Hampton, Victor Moscoso , Jermaine Rogers (Beatles and Zombies), Jay Ryan, Chuck Sperry, Ron Donovan, Lindsey Kuhn, Leia Bell, Jim Pollock, Randy Tuten, Jim Sherraden ; Hatch Show Print, Scrojo, Winston Smith, Print Mafia, Paul Imagine, Kevin Bradley, Julie Belcher, Jeff Wood, Steve Walters, Matt Daly, Stainboy, David Singer, Dennis Loren, Mike Martin, Gary Grimshaw, and Chris Shaw. Each reflects its history, how he found himself involved in this subculture at the crossroads of design and music.

With techniques from another age (alphabets lead to inking press for example, but also the almost systematic use of the screen) are real small works
Obviously the whole story starts in San Francisco and the Fillmore concerts (Bill Graham), explosion as well as social graph, as shown Stanley Mouse, David Singer, Victor Moscoso and some others. "If you can not read it, (...) you're not Supposed to go. "When you think that at that time, posters were distributed free at the end of the show, we damned to be born so late.

Limit to these posters "Big Five" artists that were Rick Griffins (everyone knows at least for the lettering of Rolling Stone, but his work for the Grateful Dead or Jimi Hendrix) Stanley Mouse, Wes Wilson Victor Moscoso and Alton Kelley, would be to forget that behind them is a scene that was mixing activists and designers, musicians and other figures may be less desirable. Obviously extremely moving today to review a 1989 interview with Michelangelo's movement, as described in the documentary, Rick Griffins now disappeared. If San Francisco will forever be the Mecca of the movement, the Detroit techno scene with the Stooges and the MC5 at their head, lavishly illustrated by Gary Grimshaw, was no exception.

Strangely, the documentary moves from the late 60s-early 70s was the Reagan era, the starting point of U.S. punk rock. Posters psyches and flashy colors, we then went to the flyers in black and white, fast Photocopying. Dead Kennedys, Melvins, Germs, Avengers, for a few dollars began to print hundreds of flyers, which in those pre-internet years were somehow act as Myspace. In the late 80s, the flyers gradually disappeared electric poles of the American landscape, and, led by Art Chantry, the Seattle side, began to resemble more and more advertisements to a catalog sales Correspondence 50s. Meanwhile, Frank Kozik began in Austin, Texas, before exploding throughout inspired by cartoon imagery familiar to all Americans, mixing Tex Avey and Walt Disney. Frank Kozik , whose poster for Soundgarden and Pearl Jam in 1992 become so iconic that she was chosen to illustrate the cover of the bible poster art: the art of Modern Rock. From

Kozik, one passes logically Coop, where the influence of the former is undeniable, then Mark Arminski, Derek Hess (the only one noticing draw "live" in the documentary, unfortunately, but line if and when academic staff at the same time).
Obviously, the subject would not be complete without a few technical explanations, clearly presented in a chapter devoted to the technical Silkscreen (Screen printing), including the 4 main steps are detailed in the numerous bonus DVD by Jay Ryan, Tara McPherson, Ben Miller and Mat Daly technical craft eventually if she could only agree to this art form DIY (Do It Yourself, dear to the punks).

Finally, the arrival of the Internet, together with the first gathering of artists, allowed as many discover, finally, the extent and variety of talent of this current. Hundreds of artists, just the U.S., sometimes making a poster for the tour date by a given group. As rightly noted by Coop, rather than a subculture, gender is an extension pop art ...