I'm glad to see the rock poster being reinvented! Although not much may know about the rock poster, there were a lot of contraversary with their art work. You can say this was around the late 60's or early 70's. I enjoyed reading this piece that I found in the LAtimes webpage. (= They have some great art articles!
-Bay Area artists filled their posters with raging flames, extravagant skeletons and bare, engorged breasts. This overstuffed style became the visual symbol not only for many late-'60s English and American bands but also a recognizable signature of the entire psychedelic era.When graphic artist Jason Munn sat down in his studio just across the bay from the old Fillmore West to design a poster for Portland indie rockers the Decemberists, he did not conceive flames or naked women. He thought of the bold geometric design of a midcentury Czech matchbox, adding the fine lines of a bicycle wheel and pine tree that suggested the group's Oregon roots.When musing on the dreamy, expansive music of Built to Spill, Munn came up with a bucket of paint that brings clouds and blue sky to whatever it touches, evoking both Magritte's visual puns and the band's heavenly sound. For the willowy Canadian singer Feist, his poster offers just one brown feather, fallen gently.
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