Chet Zar Siamese Witches Print Release Today

Now this is how you do Halloween right. 1xRUN for the first time ever has a little treat from Chet Zar being released today.

"I’ve always been into this kind of fantasy world. The idea of other realms and dimensions. These kind of dream states and other unusual realms of existence. I guess that comes from watching horror movies and reading comic books when I was a kid. For me it's all about getting back to this place like when I was a kid. It’s sort of like you’re not fucked up yet when you’re a kid. It’s like you’re still sort of pure and it’s a pretense to self consciousness. You just do it and are in the moment which is how it should be as adults, but you just kind of grow up and lose that innocence. So painting is a way for me to get back into that state of mind. I spent a lot of time as a kid just dreaming up other worlds and thinking about them. Kind of escaping into fantasy worlds which is basically what I do now with the art." - Chet Zar

Siamese Witches is a 16 x 20 Inches Archival Pigment Print on 310gsm Bright White Fine Art Paper with a signed and numbered edition of 100

On sale today at NOON EDT at 1xRUN.com

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Hell City Tattoo fest Killumbus shirt by Chet Zar

New Hell City Killumbus shirts designed by Chet Zar are available now!
Horns go up to Chet Zar for doing the artwork for this brand new Hell City shirt.
They're Hot, get yours while they are in stock!

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Openings: Lyric 2012 by Glenn Barr at 323 East Gallery

 Saturday night saw the opening of the second Lyric Show curated by artist Glenn Barr and the Inside the Rock Poster Street Team was there to bring you the pictures. Last years inaugural Lyric show was a huge success of the pervasive musically themed group exhibition so 323 East Gallery and Glenn Barr wanted an even bigger show this year with a roster of local and international artists ranging from lowbrow, pop surrealism, graffiti and illustration. Highlights of the show were the pieces by Matt Eaton, Jeff Soto, Chet Zar and Luke Chueh


"Music and its lyrics can always stimulate our emotions as well as leave us contemplating a visual narrative. Artists have always been known to use lyrics as inspiration and with this have created some of the greatest works in the world. This exhibition will illuminate the artist’s personal transcription from a song lyric to canvas." - Glenn Barr

Participating Artists Include:
Luke Chueh / Revok / Brett Amory / Eimi / Matt Eaton / Beau Stanton / Ron Zakrin / Tom Thewes / Tristan Eaton / Travis Louie / Chikuwaemil / Shojonotomo / Mark Heggie / BASK / Ray Domzalski/ Jeff Soto / Rick Morris /Chet Zar / Mark Dancy / Joey Seeman / THH70/ Bryan Cunningham / William Wray / Davin Brainard / Daniel Peacock / David Diavu Vecchiato/ Robert Nixon / Matt Gordon / Casey Weldon / Erik Otto / Martha Rich / John Dunivant / Derek Hess / Chris Dean / Dan Armand / April Segedi / Made514/ Chris Reccardi and more..

And now the pictures 

BASK                                                     EIMI

Brett Amory

Bryan Cunningham

Camilla d'Errico

Casey Wheldon

Chet Zar

Dan Armand                               Matt Eaton

Derek Hess

Glenn Barr

John Dunivant

Luke Chueh

MADE514

Matt Gordon

Ray Domzalski

Revok

Rick Morris

Tom Thewes

Travis Louie

Jeff Soto

Ron Zarkin

 Any unsold pieces will be on line for sale sometime Monday at 323East.com

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This Saturday at 323East! Glenn Barr Presents LYRIC 2012: Featuring Over 30 Local & International Artists- Luke Chueh, Chet Zar and Derek Hess Previews

Luke Chueh Head Like a Hole

Chet Zar

Derek Hess

 On behalf of Glenn Barr and the 30+ participating artists, 323East would like to cordially invite you to join them for Lyric 2012 this Saturday April 21st from 6-11pm!

On the heels of the last March’s inaugural Lyric exhibition at 323East Gallery (see pictures from the show HERE), Glenn Barr is back to curate the second incarnation of his pervasive musically themed group exhibition Lyric 2012. With an expanded roster of local and international artists ranging from lowbrow, pop surrealism, graffiti and illustration, this show is set to be the largest group exhibition to date at the Metro Detroit gallery named Best of Place to Buy Art (for the 3rd Year in A Row!) by Real Detroit Weekly.

323East and Glenn Barr Studios Presents: Lyric 2012 Curated by Glenn Barr
Artists Reception from 6-11pm on Saturday April 21st 2012 @ 323East in Royal Oak, MI. Exhibition on View from April 21st - May 16th 2012 - This event is free and open to the public.

For this exhibition Glenn had one simple request for each artist: Each piece of art must be 12 x 12 inches, paying homage to the timeless beauty that can fit on the cover of a vinyl record. Each artist has been given free reign to draw inspiration from their favorite artist, album, song or lyric and put their personal interpretation to canvas.

"Music and its lyrics can always stimulate our emotions as well as leave us contemplating a visual narrative. Artists have always been known to use lyrics as inspiration and with this have created some of the greatest works in the world. This exhibition will illuminate the artist’s personal transcription from a song lyric to canvas." - Glenn Barr


Participating Artists Include:
Luke Chueh / Revok / Brett Amory / Eimi / Matt Eaton / Beau Stanton / Ron Zakrin / Tom Thewes / Tristan Eaton / Travis Louie / Chikuwaemil / Shojonotomo / Mark Heggie / BASK / Ray Domzalski/ Jeff Soto / Rick Morris /Chet Zar / Mark Dancy / Joey Seeman / THH70/ Bryan Cunningham / William Wray / Davin Brainard / Daniel Peacock / David Diavu Vecchiato/ Robert Nixon / Matt Gordon / Casey Weldon / Erik Otto / Martha Rich / John Dunivant / Derek Hess / Chris Dean / Dan Armand / April Segedi / Made514 and more...

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New Prints on canvas by Chet Zar on sale

Chet Zar has 5 new giclee prints on gallery wrapped canvas. Each one is 11x14x1.5" Printed on canvas signed and numbered by Chet Zar
Hand varnished
Gallery wrap edges- needs no framing
Limited Edition of 100

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Chet Zar Zumanity Poster on sale now

SafeWalls which is an Art Project by Cirque du Soleil, has killer new poster by Chet Zar on sale. There is a giclee edition and a silk screened edition.

Using old master techniques and transparent shadows, Chet centered his poster design around the Zumanity Pan character and gave "it" his well-known/famous monster treatment. Giclée on Epson Enhanced Matte 192 gsm. Paper size 20" x 30", image size 19" x 28". Printed in Canada.
Numbered Limited Edition, only 300 prints!

The silk screened edition is a 6 colour hand-pulled screen print on 100% cotton Mainstone 320 gsm. Paper size 24" x 36". Image size. 22" x 33". Printed in Canada.

Limited Edition, only 50 signed and numbered deluxe prints with Certificate of Authenticity and blind-stamp.

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LYRIC Gallery Show– Curated by Glenn Barr Covered with Pictures

It’s got a good beat and you can paint to it.

Forgive the pun, paraphrase, or whatever else you deign to call that opening sentence. I'm not making light of Lyric, the show at 323East that will be curated by Glenn Barr and will feature two-dozen or so works by an impressive list of artists. We’re just happy to see that, in an art world filled with far too many ambiguously-themed exhibits, there are still group shows that don’t require a refresher course in either Barthes or Baudrillard.

The common denominator at the very heart of Lyric is (obviously) music. What is heard – what comes from or is fashioned by the musical scale of notes – is often the immediate prelude to what is felt on the emotional roster of our feelings. Everyone has a favorite song or (conversely) a song they wish they could banish from thought because the latter carries a baggage of bittersweet memories. Likewise a line from a particular song may prompt a multitude of images in the mind of the listener. And if the listener is prone to pick up a pen or a brush on occasion …

And that is the starting point for every piece in this exhibit. Barr asked each participant to “transcribe” a musical motif and its words onto canvas. The result is an impressive score and one without a single discordant note.

Music and its lyrics can always stimulate our emotions and it can have us contemplating a visionary narrative. Lyrics have been known to be the fodder of some of the greatest works in the world. This exhibition will illustrate the artists personal transcription from a songs lyric to canvas.

Inquire for artwork availability at 248.246.9544 or april@323east.com.

Visit 323East.com to see the rest of the pieces and what's left for sale.

I think my favorite is the one by Bryan Cunningham with the Hoo Doo U Luv with the snake and crazy textures on it.

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Chet Zar Pipe Dream Art Print on sale

Kickass new art print from Chet Zar titled Pipe Dream is on sale now. Signed and numbered by the artist Giclee printed on Velvet Fine Art paper with a Limited Edition of 100 17" x 22" inches.

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It's in the Trunk Special Edition Art Print by Chet Zar

Chet Zar has released another killer art print.
Signed and numbered by Chet
Printed on Velvet Fine Art paper
Limited Edition of 100
Paper size: 11 x 14" (fits standard frame!)
Image size: 9x12" (same size as original painting)

Buy it HERE.

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