Jay Ryan’s Heartless Bastards concert poster turns a red semi-truck into an improbable sailing vessel, its towering gray sails rising above a field of yellow blooms. An orange banner cuts across the sails against a turquoise sky, combining bold lettering with Ryan’s playful, meticulously drawn imagery.
Created for Heartless Bastards with Craig Finn at First Avenue, Minneapolis, on June 29, 2015.
Artist: Jay Ryan (The Bird Machine)
Year: 2015
Medium: Five-color screen print on French cover stock
Dimensions: 18 × 24 inches
Edition: Pencil numbered 168/175
Signature: Hand signed in pencil
Presentation: Unframed
Condition: Light edge and corner handling wear is visible. Please examine all ten photographs for the condition of this individual sheet.
Jay Ryan learned screen printing with Steve Walters at Chicago’s Screwball Press beginning in 1995 and founded The Bird Machine in 1999. His distinctive hand-drawn prints combine expressive lettering, animals and offbeat humor. His practice grew from posters for his own band, friends’ bands and local music venues. He served as vice president of the American Poster Institute from 2002 to 2007.
Shipping: $18. This poster will be shipped in a tube.
13 Rue Ravignan ♥ Fine Art & Fine Posters
Jay Ryan’s Heartless Bastards concert poster turns a red semi-truck into an improbable sailing vessel, its towering gray sails rising above a field of yellow blooms. An orange banner cuts across the sails against a turquoise sky, combining bold lettering with Ryan’s playful, meticulously drawn imagery.
Created for Heartless Bastards with Craig Finn at First Avenue, Minneapolis, on June 29, 2015.
Artist: Jay Ryan (The Bird Machine)
Year: 2015
Medium: Five-color screen print on French cover stock
Dimensions: 18 × 24 inches
Edition: Pencil numbered 168/175
Signature: Hand signed in pencil
Presentation: Unframed
Condition: Light edge and corner handling wear is visible. Please examine all ten photographs for the condition of this individual sheet.
Jay Ryan learned screen printing with Steve Walters at Chicago’s Screwball Press beginning in 1995 and founded The Bird Machine in 1999. His distinctive hand-drawn prints combine expressive lettering, animals and offbeat humor. His practice grew from posters for his own band, friends’ bands and local music venues. He served as vice president of the American Poster Institute from 2002 to 2007.
Shipping: $18. This poster will be shipped in a tube.
13 Rue Ravignan ♥ Fine Art & Fine Posters
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