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Tag Archives: Peter Max
hipster tacky: goin’ for unadulterated hackdom
by Art Chantry: all you uber-sophistcated tastemakers and purveyors of “hipster tacky” out there can HAVE your peter max, your walter keane, your dali, your glaser, your tikis, your ‘green lady’ and your ‘painter of light’. when it comes to … Continue reading
fakin’ it
by Art Chantry: here is another great example of that “fake psychedelic” bubble style illustration that we all love so much (sorry i can’t fit the whole unfolded LP cover on my scanner.). the situation here is not that it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged art chantry, Cyrk Posters, Heinz Edelmann, Ian Curtis Joy Division, john alcorn, Johnny Lydon, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Milton Glaser, Peter Max, PIL Public Image Limited, push pin studios, Rick Griffin, seymour chwast, Stanislaw Zagorski, Stanley ''Mouse'' Miller, Velvet Underground Loaded, wes wilson, Wheels of Fire LP
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fake psych vibe
by Art Chantry: this is a primo example of what i’m talking about when i mention “fake psych”. there was a period of time back in the mid to late 1960′s where the businessheads in america saw what “them kids” … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged Acey Lehman, Acy Lehman, Alton Kelley, art chantry, Art Deco style, Bob Fried, Cal Tjader, Heinz Edelmann, Jo Grey illustration, John Acord, Lee Conklin, Marvin Hayes, Marvin Hayes illustration, Milton Glaser, Peter Max, push pin studios, Rich Griffin, Rick Griffin, Robert Crumb, Stanley ''Mouse'' Miller, The Association, victor moscoso, wes wilson
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tretchie and chinese girl
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this image is one of the thrift store standards of american kitsch. it’s right up there with the ‘big-eyed’ paintings of walter and margaret keane (or any of the legion of copycats). it’s up there … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged alfred hitchcock frenzy, american kitsch, art chantry, David Bowie, leroy nieman, michael caine alfie, mick jagger Performance movie, monika sing-lee, patrick nagel, Peter Max, The Chinese Girl, vladimir tretchikoff, walter and margaret keane
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getting tearful: shmaltzy fantasy images
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have a whole stack of old magazine covers in a cardboard box. among them are an awful lot of ‘saturday evening post’ covers of the past. all those shmaltzy fantasy images of an american … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andrew Wyeth, art chantry, dale chihuly, leroy nieman, Norman Rockwell, norman rockwell gun digest, patrick nagel, Peter Max, saturday evening post, vladimir tretchikoff, walter and margaret keane
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graphic standard disposable
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) there was a brief period of time in america when this is what hip, cool ‘cutting-edgey’ avant-guard graphic design looked like. it was highly illustrative, hand rendered, colorful to the point of psychedelic and self-consciously … Continue reading
so when in goinesville
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this is a poster by david lance goines. back in the 1970′s, when his poster fame was reaching it’s peak, this guy was as famous and ubiquitous as peter max was in the 1960′s or … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged art chantry, civil war re-enactors, david lance goines, free speech movement, goines, janie sheehan, mario savio, pacifica film archive, Peter Max, Shepard Fairey, telluride film festival, ten speed press, the american rifleman
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muckrakers and culture stakers
The pop culture world. We just have to accept it until it runs its course. And the cycle could be very long until it unravels, like a balance sheet depression or a life long illness or addiction that may take … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Gerhard Richter, Guy Debord, Jean Genet, john collier, Joseph Beuys, joseph heath, Joseph Schumpeter, lincoln steffens, Max Horkheimer, Michael Moore, Pete Seeger, Peter Max, the muckrakers, Theodor Adorno, Thomas Frank, yvelyne wood
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pop art for mall rats: well executed tripe
“Popular culture has become our common language, and to become fluent in it is, like it or not, a key part of making sense of the larger world” –Andi Zeisler by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) i don’t know who … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Adam Parfrey, andi zeisler, art chantry, Augustus John, dale chihuly, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Jerry Lewis, leroy nieman, margaret keane, natalie wood, patrick nagel, Peter Max, Shepard Fairey, starburst wall clocks, thomas kinkade, trailer trash household, vladimir tretchikoff, walter and margaret keane, walter keane
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