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For the past twenty years of Pearl Jam’s tours, a collection of artists including The Ames Bros and Brad Klausen have designed highly stylized posters that celebrated their tours in around the world. Throughout this body of work one thing remains consistent – the constant merging of ideas and personalities between the designers and the band to create an image. This exhibit presents twelve designs and discusses the motivations and inspirations that created the imagery to accompany Pearl Jam’s music.
*Descriptions and poster images excerpted from the book: Pearl Jam vs. Ames Bros
Also, discover the Seattle Arts Scene at KCTS.
Cleveland, Ohio. May 20th, 2006
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 23rd, 2006
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San Francisco, California. July 16th, 2006
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Seattle, Washington. September 24th, 2004
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Fall 2004 Poster Series #1
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Fall 2004 Poster Series #2
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Benefit for Prostate Center. Santa Barbara, California. October 28th, 2003
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Washington, DC. July 1st 2003
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Seattle, Washington. September 16th, 1996
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Dublin, Cork, Ireland. October 24th, 26th 1996
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Prague, Czech Republic/Budapest, Hungary. November 15th, 17th, 1996
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No Code Summer Tour. 1995
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Cleveland, Ohio. May 20th, 2006
The beauty of music and art is that both are open to infinite interpretation. After listening to “Severed Hand” and reading the lyrics, this image came into my head and I sketched it out. I made several attempts at redrawing it, only to come back to my original sketch, which is about two inches high. I blew it up and added the text, which was also microscopic, and called it a day. The temptation to run an illustration into the ground is always haunting me, and one of the toughest decisions is to know when to stop. If you go too far, the human element is removed. Imperfection is OK. – Coby Schultz
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