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~Jermaine Rogers~ The Beatles We'd Like To Take You Home With Us... Diamond Dusted Art Print Edition SOLD OUT Large Size 30.5" x 21.5" This is a very rare limited edition Jermaine Rogers Diamond Dusted Print The poster is signed & Numbered by artist Jermaine Rogers Limited Edition 5/20
ABOUT THE IMAGE:
The raw imagery displayed here first appeared over a decade ago on the now classic print that Jermaine Rogers created for a 1999 Austin, Texas appearance by the UK band The Chemical Brothers. Years later, the poster was featured prominently in The Art Of Modern Rock, often referred to as ‘the Bible’ of the modern rock poster art movement. This Thursday, “We’d like to take you home with us…” becomes available for the first time as an art print. The edition is being printed in Brooklyn, NY on one of the few remaining Warhol presses. About this piece, Jermaine says: The image is very special to me. It was created in 1999, which was such a great time to be making poster art. There was still a fairly limited fan base for this type of art, relatively speaking. There were a handful of artists in different regions doing this type of art, and none of us were really making any serious money. So there was a real ‘art for arts sake’ kind of feeling that was evident in everyone’s work. I’ve always has an obsession with The Beatles. Yes, I love the music, but I’m more fascinated with the entire ‘cult of personality’ around these guys. They were the first band in rock-and-roll where each member (even the drummer) had a significant fan following. They were a modern gang of mythos… deities of pop culture. Where does ‘real life’ stop and this glamorized persona that the general public creates begin? We, the public, forcibly ‘adopt’ these people, and we create an aura around them that works for us. Pop Culture is our religion… and these are our gods. I find it deliciously entertaining to screw with this culture we’ve built, these visual trademarks we’ve registered. We are initially attracted to these people because they are so beautiful and can make and do things so beyond our daily reach. But, we fall in love with them when we discover that, amidst all of their otherworldly talent, they are very flawed. Just like us. They can be the same pathetic ‘monsters’ that we all are, from time to time. Perhaps it was this juxtaposition that made this image a successful one. Or maybe it was the sheer absurdity of it. Whatever the reason, I loved it. It was actually the first of several images based on the same theme that I released over the next decade, under the title ‘Polluted Culture.’ In a very real sense, this image could be called a prologue to those later images. The original Chemical Brothers print on which this image was used measured around 24 x 17 inches and was only 5 or 6 colors. At the time, this was all I could afford, as I was being paid very little money from the promoter of the event. I always felt the image suffered from these deficiencies. Now, through an arrangement with the fine people at NOWhere Limited, I’m able to present the image to you in the way I originally intended. There are 10 shades of color in this screen print, and it measures an attractive 30 x 20 inches. I’ve added a bit to the imagery, color-wise and in the background. I have not altered the original line-art. I remember lying on the floor of my small Montrose apartment in Houston, Texas and drawing the artwork while looking at an image of the boys, dressed in the whole marching band get-up, for source material. I never intended to do a line-by-line rendition of the image: not at all. Just enough to drive home an idea. And then systematically jack it up. I think it turned out OK.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jermaine Rogers is one of the most prolific and relevant artists working today. Since the early 1990’s, Rogers has created hundreds of prints for many musical acts such as Ween, Neil Young, The Mars Volta, Radiohead, Foo Fighters and David Bowie. The artist has also produced work for corporate clients including Vans, Microsoft, Scion, Verizon, Sony, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly and more. Jermaine’s distinctive use of line work is instantly recognizable, his use of color is daring and his imagery enigmatic, often humorous… always serious. Old pulp writings, inner-earth theory literature, Ancient and Biblical texts, 1970’s children’s media, old-time radio shows, wax museum figures and many other esoteric subjects serve as Rogers’ source of inspiration. He produces silkscreens and other types of prints, paintings and limited edition sculpture. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
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