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“If you are curious, Steven Cerio is a mandala-spewing tempunaut Picfisher from the universe signed tomorrow whose ritterings reveal all you need to know concerning omni-dimentional phase shattering imagery.”
—Gary Panter, Pee Wee’s Playhouse Designer/Jimbo Creator
Award-winning artist Steven Cerio will sign copies of his new book, SUNBEAM ON THE ASTRONAUT (Wow Cool/Alternative Comics, 2015), and screen examples of his films on Sunday, August 16th at 7 PM at Vault of Midnight in Ann Arbor. Cerio will also be selling limited editions of prints and posters of his work, which he has created for music artists including The Residents, King Crimson, Ministry, Les Claypool, Moe, Monster Magnet and White Zombie during his more than 30-year career.
The AS220/Black Box appearance will serve as a launch for Cerio’s latest print collection, SUNBEAM ON THE ASTRONAUT, a hallucinatory graphic album of all-new, never before published comics and art. The 56-page book features comic book adventures of Cerio’s characters from his various films with the legendary top-hatted eyeball performance greats THE RESIDENTS; a dozen short narratives; a collection of paintings and collages and stills from his newest film, THE MAGNIFICENT PIGTAIL SHADOW; and much more. Cerio’s work with The Residents is included in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Steven Cerio has had a long career as an artist and illustrator — from helping spearhead the psychedelic art revival in New York in the 1980s to working as a poster artist for some of the biggest names in music. Cerio’s work has appeared in numerous comics anthologies, including Snake Eyes, Graphic Classics, Hotwire Comics, Last Gasp Comix & Stories and Buzzard. His previous books include PIE (Wow Cool) and STEVEN CERIO’s ABC BOOK: A DRUG PRIMER (Gates of Heck).
For more info:) http://www.stevencerio.com/
Saturday, July 18th, 7pm – Free Event
AS220 /Black Box Providence, Rhode Island
Steven Cerio’s book “SUNBEAM ON THE ASTRONAUT” (wowCool and Alternative Comics) from Steven Cerio on Vimeo.