Furies

Opening July 2012, Galerie F presents itself to the city of Chicago as the first open-door gallery space. Fully functional six days of the week, all day long, with no appointments required. We seek to contextualize printmaking and street art in the contemporary art scene while promoting local and international artists. Our community, and our city, are essential to our mission. Come in, browse through our print archives, check out our latest exhibitions, or sign up for screen printing classes. Offering an extensive and affordable collection of gig posters, art posters, and other collectibles for your browsing pleasure. For many years Rhys Cooper lived a double life, mild mannered clothing and fashion designer by day and poster artist by night (and weekends)... Graduated from Swinburne University in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia, he discovered the world of gig posters thanks to Beyond the Pale Posters in his 4th and final year. After the following 6 years in streetwear a decision was made to focus on posters and he hasn't looked back since. Rhys has proudly created work for bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, The Bronx, Them Crooked Vultures, Mark Lanegan, Rage Against The Machine and many others as well as working with the Alamo Drafthouse and the charity Movember. Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas. Screen printing is also a stencil method of print making in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface. It is also known as silkscreen, seriography, and serigraph. Blunt Graffix and Galerie F has teamed up to bring you the keenest print show in town. Tommy guns, pinstripe suits, and hidden aces will be abound in this gangster-themed exhibition located in the city of sin itself. The evening’s affair will be catered by Brian Merel – poster enthusiast and chef extraordinaire. This night is the Real McCoy.