Poster Art Is the Bomb

Like the burrito to the taco, gig posters (larger posters for music shows) are the larger, more respected version of the flier/postcard PR materials.

(Sorry, I’ve got my mind on tacos right now.) 

Anyway, gig posters aren’t just CD store or bar room wallpaper anymore, they’re now one of the most popular art forms in the Twin Cities.  Think that’s an overstatement?  Take the recent poster art show at MCAD (where I almost got to chat with Robyne Robinson) and the reception for the Amy Jo Hendrickson show at First Amendment, which was one of the biggest gallery shows of the past year.

Hendrickson, like many poster artists, including Adam Turman and DWITT, has been doing wonderfully interesting posters that look cool and grab your attention.  And because the gig posters carry the cool caché of music shows and can be screen printed in limited runs — but are still affordable art products for us empty-pocket art appreciators — gig posters have become as common as shower curtains from Target. 

Here are some posters for France Has The Bomb, a band that has an awesome name and has awesome typical gig posters that feature only few colors and lots of condensed imagery:

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Images from gigposters.com, where you can buy your own poster art.