Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Joe Wilson

I've previously showcased a few of my favourite pop culture and vintage pulp artists, and each weekend I showcase art from more of my favourite artists.

The art of Joe Wilson.

#CoolArt: Print Club London presents 'Film4 Summer Screen' Art Exhibition at Somerset House

Back for a fifth year, the Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House season has commissioned Print Club London to curate a series of contemporary screen printed film posters.

Print Club London has hand-picked an assortment of styles and artists, featuring artwork by Aleesha Nandhra, Cassandra Yap, Concepción Studios, Elliot Kruszynski, Eve Lloyd Knight, Gavin Dobson, Joe Wilson, Joseph Vass, Louis Carpenter, Lucille Clerc, Peter Strain, Poppy Chencellor, RYCA, Rose Electra Harris, Rose Stallard, Rozalina Burkova, Steve Wilson and Thomas Whitcombe. Each exhibiting artist will reimagine a poster for one of the films in this season’s programme, taking particular scenes, quotes, or characters from their selected titles as inspiration.
Each film poster will be a limited edition and exclusively available to buy for £60 from the exhibition at Somerset House and from Print Club London afterwards.

Opening reception is Wednesday August 2 from 6-9pm at The West Wing Galleries, Somerset House, and the exhibition will be open daily until late throughout the Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House season, which runs from August 10 until August 23.

Go here for a list of the films during the Summer Screen Season.

'My Neighbour Totoro' by Joe Wilson

#CoolArt: 'Robocop' by Joe Wilson

'Robocop' by Joe Wilson, part of the series of film posters by Print Club London for the 2016 Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House season.

19.7" x 27.6" print on G.F Smith Naturalis paper in a signed and embossed limited edition of 200 for £50.

Go here to buy.

#CoolArt: '2001: A Space Odyssey' by Joe Wilson

Cover and interior art by Joe Wilson, for the first illustrated edition of '2001: A Space Odyssey' by Arthur C Clarke, available from the Folio Society.

The book is 240 pages, bound in printed art paper and blocked in holographic foil, with a frontispiece and 6 colour plates by Joe Wilson. It measures 9½" x 6¼" complete with metallic slipcase and costs £29.95.

This edition includes the foreword written jointly by Clarke and Kubrick, as well as Clarke’s ‘Back to 2001’ preface written in 1989. Michael Moorcock, a long-standing colleague of Clarke’s and an award-winning author, has provided a new introduction revealing much of his friend’s personality, as well as casting a new light on the fractious relationship between Clarke and Kubrick.

Go here to buy the book.

#CoolArt: 'The Revenant' by Joe Wilson

'The Revenant' by Joe Wilson, is a new print release from Delve Weekly.

It's an 297mm x 413mm giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper and costs £40.

Go here to buy.

Cool Art: Print Club London presents 'Film4 Summer Screen' Art Exhibition at Somerset House

Back for a third year, the Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House season has commissioned Print Club London to curate a series of contemporary screenprinted film posters.

Print Club London has hand-picked an assortment of styles and artists, featuring artwork by Rose Blake, Claudia Borfiga, Lucille Clerc, Concepción Studios, Barry Leonard, MOL (Ministry Of Love), Ben Rider, RYCA, Rose Stallard, Peter Strain, Joseph Vass, Holly Wales, Joe Wilson, Steve Wilson and Cassandra Yap. Each exhibiting artist will reimagine a poster for one of the films in this season’s programme, taking particular scenes, quotes, or characters from their selected titles as inspiration.

Each film poster will be a limited edition and exclusively available to buy for £50 from the exhibition at Somerset House.

Opening reception is Wednesday July 29 from 6-9.30pm at Somerset House, and the exhibition will be open daily until late throughout the Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House season, which runs from July 29 until August 23.

Go here for more information on the artists involved.

Cool Art: 'Mad Max: Fury Road' by Joe Wilson

'Mad Max: Fury Road' by Joe Wilson.

It's a 11.7" x 16.3" giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper and costs £40.

Go here to buy.

Cool Art: Little White Lies presents 'For One Night Only: A Coen Brothers Gig Poster Extravaganza'

Inspired by the Coen Brother's latest film, 'Inside Llewyn Davis' - the snow-swept ballad of a struggling New York troubadour, Little White Lies commissioned seven artists to create classic silk-screen gig posters that reframe some of the Coen Brothers most iconic movies as headlining musical acts.

Each is a screen print including Metallic Silver on 270gsm MOHAWK superfine eggshell white paper, custom stamped and in a limited edition of 50. They cost £85 each.

Check them out below and go to the LWLies Online Print Shop to buy.

'Inside Llewyn Davis' by Telegramme

'Little White Lies' 50th Issue Anniversary Prints

For their 50th issue, movie magazine Little White Lies commissioned 50 original illustrations by some of the world's leading creative talent. Their challenge? To visually interpret the last 50 years of cinema, focusing on a single film between 1964 and 2013.

They are also available as limited edition A3 prints and cost £18 from the Little White Lies store.

Check out a few of them below.

Gravity by Grzegorz Domaradzki

Cool Art: 'Throne Of Blood' by Joe Wilson

Somerset House and Film4 have teamed up with Print Club London to curate a screen printed poster exhibition in the newly opened West Wing Galleries.

This special collaboration will see some of the most talented and innovative illustrators from the UK, Europe and USA design and produce 16 new and original screen prints, inspired by the each of the films screened this year, with Joe Wilson's Akira Kurosawa inspired 'Throne Of Blood' being one of them.

All the prints will be produced in limited editions of 200, signed by the artist and available to buy at £40 each, and as each print is being made to order, expect delivery to be up to two weeks.

The exhibition will be open daily until late throughout the Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House season.

Go here to buy.

Cool Art: 'Princess Mononoke' by Joe Wilson

This 'Princess Mononoke' variant will be available at Joe's online store and on Print Club London's website either this week or next. The poster will be a very limited edition of 40 copies and will cost in the region of £50 (approximately $79).

For when the print will be available, follow @joe_wilson and @printclublondon on Twitter.
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Cool Art: 'Ray Harryhausen Special Effects Titan' Poster

The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation Facebook page has exclusively revealed the poster by Joe Wilson for the 'Ray Harryhausen Special Effects Titan' documentary.

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This is the definitive documentary about Ray Harryhausen. Aside from interviews with the great man himself, shot over five years, there are also interviews and tributes from James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Phil Tippett, Terry Gilliam, Dennis Muren, John Landis, Ken Ralston, Joe Dante, Randy Cook, Guillermo Del Toro, Steve Johnson, John Lasseter and many more. For the first time Ray have provided unprecedented access to film all aspects of his collection including models, artwork and miniatures as well as Ray's private study, where he designed most of his creations, and his workshop where he built them. In addition the documentary will use unseen footage of tests and experiments. Never before has so much visual material been used in any previous documentary about Ray. This definitive production will not only display a huge part of the unique collection but will illustrate the influence that Ray's work has had on film makers during the past fifty or so years.

Hit the jump to see the teaser trailer.

Cool Art: Princess Mononoke by Joe Wilson

As I have mentioned before in a previous post, Princess Mononoke was the first film to introduce me to Studio Ghibli, and will always be one of my favourites! I will always lap up any art from or inspired by the film as well, like this stunning print from Joe Wilson.

The poster be on display at Print Club London's "The Directors Cut" show today (31/8) and will be available for purchase to those attending the exhibit's opening. Any remaining prints will go up on the Print Club's site after the show.

The poster measures 500 mm x 700 mm, and is a limited edition of only 40, and costs £40.

You can follow Joe on Twitter @joe_wilson and visit joe-wilson.com. You can also stay up to date on Print Club London by following @PrintClubLondon and printclublondon.com.

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Movie Poster Art: Alien (1979)

Continuing my look at official and fan-made movie poster art.

Looking back at Ridley Scott's 1979 foray into science fiction, 'Alien'.