Returning to the site of a previous succesful exhibition,BRAG is pleased to announce they will once again be lining the walls of the fantastic Hotel Pelirocco's bar from the 7th May.Posters will be available to buy at the venue.Come down and have a look!

Event on Facebook

Two members of BRAG,Rhys Wootton and Jamie McGregor were interviewed by youlikewelike.com for a feature on poster making for their website.
Check it out;
http://youlikewelike.com/#/brag/4533363483
 

Friday 13 June, organised by Philosophy Football, the 'Long Hot Summer Party' features a mix of music and dancefloor, art and photography, poetry and ideas, food and drink. The venue is The Offside Bar and Gallery at 271 City Road, London EC1. Nearest tube is The Angel . Starts 6.30pm
Long-time Clash sidekick and member of Joe Strummer's Mescaleros Tymon
Dogg will be playing a live set with his band. Legendary 1960s counterculture poet Adrian Mitchell will be joined by one of the most exciting talents of today's performance poetry scene, Polarbear. And providing a Rockin' the Barricades DJ set, the legendary Scratchy. Plus! The Firehouse Kustom Rock art company will be exhibiting their extraordinary silk-screen poster work all the the way from San Francisco. Food, bar extension until 12.30am
Mike Marqusee, chronicler of two major figures of the 1960s, Muhammad Ali and Bob Dylan discuses with Sheila Rowbotham and Lynne Segal, Red Pepper Editor Hilary Wainwright, Guardian journalist John Harris and Aisha Maniar from the London Guantanomo Campaign what the ideals of 1968 meant then and mean now.
To book tickets (your ticket price is FULLY redeemable against any shirts bought on the night - making it effectively FREE) either visit www.philosophyfootball.com and click on 'events' or call me on 020 8802 3499. (Table bookings for 5+ and bulk discount, by phone only)
The party is presented by Philosophy Football in association with Red Pepper magazine and the Fire Brigades Union.
Offside Bar

BRAG's exhibition at Output Studios in May has won an award for Best Open House of 2008!
Thanks to everybody who came down and who voted for us!You can read about the Open Houses
on the AOH site

BRAG will be exhibiting at their Open Studio as part of the central Brighton Artist's Trail in May!
Posters for bands such as Queens of The Stone Age,British Sea Power,Devo,Little Barrie,Seasick Steve,The Go!Team,The Duke Spirit,Kimya Dawson,80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster and many more will be on show and for sale!
Brag Open Studio
Weekends in May
10am-5pm
Output Studios
50 Providence Place
Brighton

We now have a group on Flickr where we will be posting pics of our posters,photos from exhibitions,etc,
check it out!
BRAG Flickr Group

UK ROCK
POSTER EXPLOSION TOUR
June/July 2008


FIREHOUSE KUSTOM ROCKART COMPANY - the prolific rock poster
creators (Chuck Sperry and Ron Donovan) from San Francisco,
California - will be blazing through the UK during the month of
June for an incendiary rock art poster tour. The UK has been
experiencing an explosion of rock poster art hitting the streets
from screen printing studios that seem to be springing up in all
sorts of various garages, warehouses and basements. England is
currently witnessing a new pedigree of artist -- clearly there
is something cool happening.

"I came to England, explains Chuck Sperry, in May of 2006 to
teach a workshop at the Brighton Fringe Festival. My British
students were so talented and excited about making rock posters,
that it really fired me up, and made me want to come to England
to see all the great art and music that's going on here. That's
when we began planning this tour."

We are extremely pleased and excited to be returning to England
to soak up this exciting, creative environment and embark on our
first UK rock art poster tour! It is our hope to be able to
share our silkscreen artistry while (naturally) hoisting a few
with the new breed of English rock poster artists -- and of
course catching a gig or two.

"During the summer (of 2007), four members of the British Rock
Artist Group (BRAG) were invited by Chuck Sperry and Ron
Donovan, the globally renowned American poster artists, to
undertake a two week workshop at their studio, the Firehouse
Kustom Rock Art Company. Rhys Wootton, Jamie McGregor, Matt
Douthwaite and Adrian Day jumped on a plane to San Francisco
and, as Wootton reports, were to learn much about the traditions
and history of a classic US artform: the screenprinted music
poster."

Below is an NBC-TV news clip about BRAG's San Francisco experience:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pjAhVULyMQ

"Sperry is really the catalyst behind BRAG writes BRAG's Rhys
Wootton. In May 2006 together with Mike King they taught two
separate master classes in conjunction with the SubScreen Sonic
exhibition that showcased a vast array of screen printed gig
posters (organised by BFAP). The aim of the workshops was to
enlighten the participants in the art of silkscreen printing and
the poster industry. We all got fired up and so inspired that we
decided to form a collective that would start making waves in
the British scene. It seemed natural to act on the energy and
buzz created from the workshop."

Taken from an article in Creative Review (UK):
www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/british-rock-artists-invade-america-a-journey/

The Firehouse has received an enormous amount of positive
response from the UK thus far and it would please us greatly if
you would join us and be a part of exposing other artists and
music fans alike to this unique and rare art form.

We will be exhibiting in the following cities:

London (June 11-13)
Manchester (June 14-15)
Sheffield (June 17-18)*
Birmingham (June 19-20)
Brighton (June 21-22)*
London (June 23-25)
Bristol (July 3-4)

* = workshop/silk screening discussion

For media, interview inquiries or high resolution images please
contact:

Marc Malakie
mmalakie@comcast.net

Additional info including details regarding hanging our exhibit:

www.myspace.com/ukrockposterexplosiontour

Thanks for reading and we look forward to "hanging" with you on
our trip!

Adios,
-Mm

BRAG will be on Radio Reverb tomorrow,talking about some of the bands they've worked with, upcoming projects /exhibitions,and playing a few tunes for your listening pleasure!
Check it out around 4.20 pm

Radio Reverb
97.2 fm

http://www.radioreverb.com/

BRAG
Screen printed gig posters by the British Rock Artists Group
13 February to 13 April 2008
Pelham House, St Andrews Lane, Lewes, East Sussex

This exhibition celebrates work from some of the new stars of the burgeoning underground UK poster scene. Brighton formed collective B.R.A.G (British Rock Artists Group) exhibit their work at this eye-watering feast of contemporary screen printed gig posters. Featuring work by 12 designers, posters feature bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Iron and Wine, Bonde do Role, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Devo, Ian Brown, Gloria Cycles, Orange Goblin, High on Fire, British Sea Power, Little Barrie, Gallows, and many many more.
All posters are for sale
www.bragart.co.uk
www.myspace.com/brag_art
www.pelhamhouse.com

Press contact
Jemma 0786 7612097
jemma@bragart.co.uk
INFO FOR EDITIORS
The works are all limited edition silkscreen prints originally produced for bands and venues on the music scene. BRAG are a Brighton based group who produce posters for bands worldwide. Our aim is to re-instate the appreciation and popularity there was in the 1960's and early 1970's for beautiful, handmade, screen printed, music related works of art. Brag members have produced posters for many and varied bands and musicians.
We formed BRAG in May 2006 after we all met whilst attending two master classes given by the great American printers Mike King and Chuck Sperry. In May 2006 they taught two separate master classes in conjunction with the exhibition SubScreenSonic. The aim of the workshops was to enlighten the participants in the art of silkscreen printing and the poster industry. We all got so fired up and so inspired that we decided to form a collective to would start making waves in the British scene. It seemed natural to act on the energy and buzz created from the workshop.
Most of us in BRAG are from Sperry's class (hosted at BDI screen printing) and in just over a year our collective has flourished, producing a portfolio of posters for events throughout Europe. In January 2007, the performance group Non Grata invited us to exhibit work in an international print festival in Estonia, and over the last year we've attended master classes at Firehouse in San Francisco with Chuck Sperry, and produced posters for the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love Festival. We have taken part in Poster Roast in Kingston, Poster Smash in Bristol, and the first European Poster show at Urbis in Manchester. 2008 sees the group show at Pelham House and during the Brighton festival in May.

Brag's San Francisco trip and workshop with Firehouse studios has been docemented on Creative Review's blog.Written by Rhys Wootton,Photos by Matt Douthwaite.
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