12/19/2009

Gig Posters

A gig poster is an advertisement for a live musical performance.

BLUE COLLAR DISTRO
Spoon__My Associate Cornelius__$10

The Kills__My Associate Cornelius__$10

Junior Boys__Lonny Hurley__$20


Gig Posters Vol.1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century__$40

THIS is the first ever Gig Posters book, featuring over 700 examples and 101 ready to frame posters (each 11" x 14" page is perforated and removable). In addition to pieces from My Associate Cornelius, this book includes work from Aesthetic Apparatus, Burlesque of North American, The Decoder Ring Design Concern, Lonny Hurley, Invisible Creature, and 95 other artists.

D.KING GALLERY
All posters are originals in near mint or better condition unless otherwise indicated.
Jimi Hendrix Experience__Griffin and Moscoso__$1,500

Air__Emek__$150

WITH a nod to the psychedelic and an eye for the socially absurd Emek has become one of the most coveted artists of the modern era. His talent of appealing to both old and new collectors has made his posters an almost guaranteed investment opportunity.

High on Fire__Emek__$125

The White Stripes__Emek__$400

POSTER CABARET
Over the past few years, Poster Cabaret has earned a reputation for offering the best gig posters made today. [...]

Murder by Death__The Cricket Press__$20

Margot & The Nuclear So & So's__Delicious Design__$25

Arctic Monkeys__Jesse Phillips__$25 (sold out)

Yo La Tengo__Guy Burwell__$25

Flight of the Conchords__Doublenaut__$20

Bad Brains__Justin Hampton__$30

The Distillers__Emek__$75

GIGPOSTERS.COM
GigPosters.com was created and is maintained by Clay Hayes who resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The website launched in January, 2001. Showcasing the worlds largest historical gig poster archive, this massive online art gallery is home to thousands of designers from around the world. Visitors can browse and comment on gig posters, join the large community in the forums, chat, and purchase posters in the classified ads section.
Subversive Users et. al.__Bartek Felczak

Blue Meridian et. al.__Pat Fatica

Erykah Badu__Emek

Shaky Hands et. al.__Jaclyn Campanaro

Electric Six__Lonny Hurley

Vaqueros Paganos__Diego Pagani

The Spino Band__$20__seller: strawberryluna
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EMEK
Emek (born Emek Golan in Israel in 1970) is a popular artist/graphic designer/illustrator who has designed concert posters since the early 1990s. He is widely credited with helping to revive the rock poster scene. [...]

EMEK has been referred to as "The Thinking Man's Poster Artist". Coming from a unique family of 5 artists, Emek has made his mark creating special limited edition silkscreen posters for live concerts around the world. Emek’s style thrives on attention to detail, coupled with layers of meaning in the artwork. His infusion of socio-political commentary into pop culture imagery has made his work instantly recognizable in the field. Emphasizing craftsmanship, his work is mostly hand-drawn in the tradition of the classic psychedelic posters from the 1960's. Born in the 70's Emek was also strongly influenced by the DIY punk flyers of the 80’s. Over the last 2 decades, Emek has created hundreds of posters for some of the top alternative bands and events, like Radiohead, Coachella, Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, System of a Down, Jane's Addiction, The Flaming Lips, to name a few, as well as album covers from Neil Young and Pearl Jam to Henry Rollins and Erykah Badu. Emek's work has been shown in galleries across the United States, in Berlin, London and Tokyo and Belgium and Canada. He has been interviewed on CNN, featured in magazines and books, including covers of Juxtapoz magazine. [PosterCabaret.com]

EMEK - official site
EMEK graduated with a Major in Art, and a Minor in Unemployment. His first poster commission was done immediately after the L.A. riots/uprising of 1992, for a unity rally and concert held on Martin Luther King Day. The poster was a success and from then on, Emek was hooked on the art form. [...]

Queens of the Stone Age__"Lasercut Snake"__sold out

DJ Shadow__sold out

MY ASSOCIATE CORNELIUS
A. Micah Smith (l) & Frank Chimero

A. Micah Smith is a graphic designer / illustrator living in the great state of Kansas. Emerging from a love of music and art alike, he started My Associate Cornelius in the summer of 2004 as an after hours creative outlet. Over the years it has blossomed into a nationally recognized graphic design studio producing a wide-range of print materials and has become a staple in the independent rock poster scene. Smith has produced work for many great clients such as Wilco, Myspace, Spoon, Newsweek, and the Hold Steady to name a few. His work has also appeared in many magazines (Print, Paste, Nylon) and books, including, Gig Posters, Vol. 1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century. [PosterCabaret.com]

Poster for Gomez's 2006 Hollywood show. Imagery based on the song "Chasing Ghosts with Alcohol". Loosely inspired by Slimer's appearance in the Sedgewick Hotel from Ghostbusters...

My Associate Cornelius - official site

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Rollins surfing t-shirt ft. Henry Rollins / Black Fag__$18USD__seller: Shirt Killer__[GigPosters.com]