For its first anniversary, the owners of Galerie F, a Logan Square storefront gallery that specializes in silk-screen gig posters and street art, decided they wanted to do a show featuring the work of European poster artists. The problem, says co-owner Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff, was coming up with a unifying theme: something familiar to both Europeans and Americans, but not so tied to pop culture that the work would be obsolete in six months.
But the posters on display will bear little resemblance to the familiar Quentin Blake illustrations. There are art deco drawings, Lichtenstein-style cartoons, a piece that looks like it was originally produced on a letterpress, and another that might have been an etching by William Blake, had he ever experienced an ecstatic vision of James and the Giant Peach.
Reception Thu 7/18, 6-10 PM
Through 8/18
Galerie F, 2381 N. Milwaukeegalerief.com
free
