C.T. Chew 2018

August 2018 Newsletter

A number of you asked why I create fictional posters. I became hooked on making posters with my very first one in 1978 for the Bumbershoot Arts Festival in Seattle:

 

Then came my second one for my show "Prehistoric Post Office" at Davidson Galleries in 1979:


I remember the type and production designer Tim Girvin coming to my studio as the poster was going to press, to tell me I had misspelled the word 'Philatelic,' which I had spelled 'Philatellic.' After a short freakout, I decided that my version of the word stood for my love of telling tall tales.


Since then I have made hundreds of posters, some large runs, but most limited editions or one-of-a-kind. I enjoy making up the events because it gives me immense leeway in creating the art. This last month has been no exception. My piece "The Fortune Tellers" was 'chosen' to grace the poster for Fortune Expo at the Lincoln Center in NYC.


Then, fortune smiled on me again, as my work "Nude Descending a Staircase Stripped Bare by Her Bats, Odd!" was selected for the Duchamp Con in Zurich. This is a nice big poster, 60"H x 36"W!


The image below is printed on the back of the above poster, showing some of the steps in creating it.


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