The History Of American Rock Poster Art

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The History Of American Rock Poster Art | American Artefact

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American Artifact chronicles the rise of American rock poster art since its birth in the'60s. Award-winning director, Merle Becker crosses the country interviewing the rock poster artists from the different eras to discover that America is currently in the midst of a 21st century "rock poster art movement", where thousands of artists around the country are doing silk screened rock poster art inspired by their local scene, the music of our time, and the spirit of our era.
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@keltone Жыл бұрын

Well done. I wish Wes Wilson was alive to be interviewed for this. He lived a few minutes from me until he passed in 2020.

@AFaceintheCrowd01 Жыл бұрын

We all made our own posters in the SF punk scene of 77-81. I think one of the best was by the Mutants who took a fish, strapped it to a roller skate, took a picture of it and used that for one of their posters.

@bluesthing7490 Жыл бұрын

In about 1990 a friend in high school had a Tye Dyed shirt with the Rick Griffin Jimi Hendrix Flying Eyeball on it. That image really struck something in me. At the time I had no idea that the image came from a concert poster from 1968. This was a few years before the internet. I finally found the same shirt for sale in a Head Shop in Florida while on vacation and bought one. I wore it until it fell apart. After the shirt was gone but not forgotten around 2001 I did a search on the internet and found out about the poster and Rick Griffin and many other artists from the era. This is when my love for concert poster art started. It's an expensive yet rewarding habit to have. I haven't bought much lately but plan on acquiring some new additions to my collection soon. I really enjoyed this documentary and want to thank the makers and the artists who were involved in it.

@MatthewNolan101 2 күн бұрын

Wonderful. Thank you

@llynhunter Жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful! I've always been a fan of this art form. Thank you for introducing me to all these amazing artists. Well done!

@ChrisZappa 8 ай бұрын

Great job on this documentary. Love the great interviews and, of course, all the amazing artists and their art. 🤘🏻

@TheHummingbirdBus 5 ай бұрын

Awesome thank you!

@whoistroythomas Жыл бұрын

Wow! I really enjoyed this. As a skateboarding rock-and-punk enthusiast teen growing up in Northeast Ohio, I saw a lot of Derek Hess posters when visiting different music shops, so I have been a big fan of his for quite a long time. Then I found the art of Coop, and became a fan of his -- then many of the other rock poster artists after that. I was also an artist, but not much of an illustrator. As much as I wanted to get into doing some of my own rock posters, the closest I got was sketching out some fake concert bills. I still do art, but still haven't done hardly any illustration. I would love to be hired for a poster or "album" art if someone was just looking for abstract or geometric abstraction art. For now, I will just continue to admire those that create rock posters!

@Moodboard39 8 ай бұрын

Interesting. Into abstract as well...as well horror , crime , etc ...posters art are dope

@ryangarciaa21 Жыл бұрын

Hands down one of the best videos about art.

@Moodboard39 8 ай бұрын

Not many comments

@cherryllcooper679 Жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed this! Thanks for posting.

@whatworld70 Жыл бұрын

The Psychedelic Era is by far my favorite.

@brettmallonartist 9 ай бұрын

Amazing, thanks for making this!

@zacharyrowe8395 Жыл бұрын

inspiring documentry. thanks

@AJ_got_cramps Жыл бұрын

Dang! this was so inispiring! Big up to Merle for donig this.

@allenschmitz9644 Жыл бұрын

Lol' Letter Set right out of my Jr. High print shop class, smell the ink! total awesomeness.

@kipsmithers301 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for uploading 🙏

@vsusanAdmin Жыл бұрын

Love this thx

@davidescozzi9885 Жыл бұрын

Great! Art is everywhere

@DestroyCooperative Жыл бұрын

This is sooo good! Thank you!

@MikePougounas Жыл бұрын

Excellent documentary. Great job

@robertafierro5592 Жыл бұрын

Just what i needed!!

@tristanmcgregor2593 Жыл бұрын

That was excellent, great job, well documentaryed

@michaelburnside4947 6 ай бұрын

Excellent stuff here, I love this !

@KevinRblueneuronnet Жыл бұрын

Coolest thing I've seen on YT in a hot minute.

@pandamonium4506 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this!

@ranjanjoshi3454 Жыл бұрын

Thanks insightful and new information

@joeszczygielski8063 Жыл бұрын

This was very inspiring!

@MultiFlange1 7 ай бұрын

Wow! You had me at the Robert Williams intro!

@desiolle2874 8 ай бұрын

Wish I still had all my Kozik posters. Still got some. That Kyuss/Melvins one is an all time fave. Great stuff.

@xoagig 11 күн бұрын

amazing ❤

@yotrakzproductions7324 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Great history lesson from the sources and not a book.

@josecarlosmarcelino9470 5 ай бұрын

This was beautiful crazy american art. Love!

@3coins. Жыл бұрын

I had a lot of black light posters. They were really cool.

@zdbgdfb Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@richardphilpott1225 Жыл бұрын

Well done, wish you had included Steven Cerio. His King Crimson poster is an absolute masterpiece.

@richardphilpott1225 Жыл бұрын

worms

@69goodfella Жыл бұрын

Fantastic film! Nice to see these folks, I know so much of their work but none of the faces.

@lancebon2931 25 күн бұрын

There is one poster artist from San Francisco in the 70's that has been forgotten. He and his daughter burned to death in their van in the mid 70s. He went by the name Buffalo.

@Waakala 8 ай бұрын

This movie is beautiful, it felt very joyful. QQ: What is the name of the effect that imitates movement in Victor Moscoso's posters?

@TinLeadHammer Жыл бұрын

This is one of the few cases when vertical video would make more sense.

@chadbentoski5778 Жыл бұрын

Professional screen printer... lol, me too bud. It's a life.

@jdcrow6 7 ай бұрын

Does anyone know the name of the documentary about a bar in Nevada in the 60's that talks about psychodelia rock art and the beginning of rock art posters? There is a band in that movie that dresses in western clothes and were the house band there maybe? I need to own that movie but forget the name of it.

@brob9995 Жыл бұрын

The flying eyeball did not originate with Griffin, Von Dutch used it in the counter culture before him, he might have not create it, but Griffin was inspired by Von Dutch to use it