Tag Archives: stefan sagmeister

here’s the rub: scratch, scratch

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: found this yesterday down the street at an old lumber mill that was going out of business (maybe the last one int he state). it’s a promo card (pardon the water stains) for their own line of … Continue reading →

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the decorators: artistic purity?

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) yesterday i wrote an essay about the shep fairey thing. as ususal, there were opinions tossed around all over the place. that subject is ripe for opinions – all of them lame except my own … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american graphic design, Andy Warhol, art chantry, graphic design, Jeff Koons, Keith Harring, Keith Herring, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Paul Rand, Roy Lichtenstein, Shepard Fairey, Shepard Fairey Joe Strummer, stefan sagmeister | Leave a comment

culture jammers: replacement values

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) THIS is going to be tough. trying to explain WHY this record cover and the trajectory of genesis p. orridge’s thinking is so important to the history of contemporary graphic design (and our popular culture) … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged art chantry, barney bubbles, cosi fanni tutti, dale travous, david carson, genesis p. orridge, hipgnosis cover art, hypgnosis, Jamie Reid The Sex Pistols, joy division, malcolm garret, monte cazzeza, neville brody, peter saville, phil hartman, reid miles, stefan sagmeister, talking heads, the Buzzcocks, the death factory, The Ramones, throbbing gristle, tim girvin, vaughn oliver | Leave a comment

detournement part 3: charlie don’t surf

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Art

The last installment of Art’s series that began with the complicated but brilliant situationist school and Guy Debord… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): To be totally fair, even though Jamie Reid’s situationist appropriation (DIRECT appropriation – with intent still intact) may have … Continue reading →

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let it bleed: lame brand images

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Dave

Missing You. Memo From Turner: the Rolling Stones graphics really suck. Lame and tame. You can’t always get what you want, but….. unless you really care….. Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): This poster/advert/whatever for the 1975 Rolling Stones world tour (specifically promoting … Continue reading →

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gimmicks & doors of perception

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Dave

Another article by Art Chantry that shows how some brilliant creativity and as Art calls them “delicious source points.” Art Chantry: About ten years ago, Hallmark came out with the ‘talking card’. it was a small music playing device utilizing … Continue reading →