Thursday, December 30, 2010

MORE PROOF THAT PETER MAX IS A LIVING LEGEND


     PETER MAX is perhaps one of the very few living American artists that shares his name along with the worldwide renowned ones such as Picasso and Dali, Chagall, Miro, etc. Every auction of seized assets of the wealthy, greedy and then delinquent personalities that eventually is auctioned, has Peter Max art included in the list, which clearly shows that both investment and collecting is directly related to generally well known artists and their work.

     PETER is per se an unfathomable commercial  phenomenon that keeps on feeding on his exceptional talent, but that nowadays is somehow baffling  given his prolific but slightly repetitive output of pieces. Creations such as the LIBERTY HEAD, THE BLUSHING LADY, THE UMBRELLA MAN, THE HEART FLAG, THE VAN GOGH PORTRAIT, THE LOVE and and a handful of other themes seem to never end in continuous sequence to the point that I question myself if 24 hours a day of continuous work of any man could generate such quantities. Perhaps this is why the real collector cherishes more everything important generated by Max from 1962 to 1980 that the current Neo-Expressionist style.

     At this point, an art investor or a lover of PETER's works might be thinking ( and fearing)  if any time soon, prices of his artwork will decrease due to the natural market's laws or if it will simply saturate the visual necessities of the clients and his fame slowly fade into history. I certainly hope none of these scenarios takes place for the good of the thousand of owners of PM items.

     One thing is for sure, the Marketing target of PETER MAX is fundamentally located in the Baby Boomers generation that at this point have 55 to 65 years old, and that perhaps have already passed the psychedelic/Popish nostalgia or prefer to have a more unique Dali, Picasso or conventionally historic artist, rather than an image that can be seen in a similar version in hundreds of American galleries and homes simultaneously.

     If I were PETER's manager  (Gene)  or PR agent, I would have a few important suggestions to make such as either slow a bit the commercial production and be more selective in the distribution, re-invent himself by working on a new original set of themes, and  Go Cosmic again with a year 2011 twist.

No matter what, PM already will remain in the annals of history as one of the great American artists.

The Max Collector.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

RETURNED ITEMS FOR AUHTENTICITY VERIFICATION

SELF PORTRAIT OF VAN GOGH by PETER MAX
Mixed media on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches (unfraned), 2010


UMBRELLA MAN
acrylic on canvas, 16 X 20 inches (unframed), 2010

Friday, December 3, 2010

THE LOUISVILLE HORSE

This equestrian figure is a great example of the range in art that PETER MAX covers. Named after the 1885 Kentucky Derby winner, JOE COTTON, it's shown in Louisville, intersection of Bardstown and Taylorsville rd, KENTUCKY.



Image courtesy of Barry Lovvorn, Sept 2004.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

THE GIBSON FIREBIRD By RUDOLPH KOHN

This is truly a fantastic piece of art an music. I decided to turn over some of my collection items in order to increase other sections of it.

Artist RUDOLPH KOHN  custom made it for me, and besides being a gorgeous piece of art, it palys like a Goddess! Its a real Gibson Firebird re-issue, only played by me at home.



$ 5.500.oo  (pay with pay pal
contact me for additional details and more high resolution images.

 


 FRONT                           BACK


 DETAILS OF THE NECK



DETAILS OF THE BODY

Saturday, November 13, 2010

KISSES & ART FROM PAUL STANLEY

Just found out that Paul also does some POP art.  He is not only the real front man from legendary KISS, but has a mojo running also for art.



BIO FROM WIKIPEDIA: Stanley Harvey Eisen (born January 20, 1952), better known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American hard rock guitarist, singer, musician, painter and songwriter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and primary lead vocalist of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's highest-charting hits.

Posted on March 19, 2010 Art, Music
By Joanie Cox  -  Contact Joanie Cox at jcox@citylinkmagazine.com.

Excerpt:
Best-known as the face-painting, groupie-bedding frontman of the rock band Kiss, Paul Stanley has spent the past five years building a career as an abstract painter. Stanley’s vivid, colorful works include paintings of hearts, stars and even the Statue of Liberty, hardly subject matter you’d expect from the man who co-wrote “Lick It Up” and “Rock and Roll All Nite.”

"I discovered I wanted to paint about 10 years ago. Whether or not somebody can paint is really subjective. I started painting because I wanted another outlet and another way to express myself. I didn’t do it with the expectations of showing it to anybody. I was doing it purely for myself. When people saw some of the pieces in my house, they wanted to know who did them. Ultimately, I ended up doing a show. Besides being really gratifying, it was also really successful, so that started the ball rolling. I’ve done about 20 shows since then".

A flair of PETER MAX is in the air.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

SAM LEA, a young POPIST

SAM LEA's IPAD SPLASH 1


I define Sam as a creator of a  new art tendency I called Techno-Popism,
a melange of involuntary input from Peter Max , Haring and Wyland meet Apple.

His own brief biography:

I am 38 years old.
I am known as Green Pop Artist.
I have been painting since the age of 9. I love nature and pop art so this "Green Pop Art" is a natural evolution. I love incorporating my passion for nature and paint about things that reflect current trends and ideas.
I hope to connect with as many people as possible through this medium and bring joy to the world.

Eddy G.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

THE JAVA JOHN story


This is a very rare participation of MAX along with a fellow artist.
It all started from an interview on Public Radio Brevard, Melbourne Florida.
Dated April 15th, 2007, this was the first of three interviews John Goldacker had with PM.
On John´s own words, they had such a nice time that a projected 20 minutes
Interview, turned out to be one hour. Story short, PETER was so happy
that made a personalized image of John. Later on John returned the courtesy
and made a portrait of Peter, including the background a small version of John's.

The Max Collector now has a copy of this unique poster autographed.
I do need MAX's signature now!


This is a first version that PETER signed for John's son Dylan at the
Wentworth Gallery in Boca Raton.

JAVA JOHN'S BLOG 



Saturday, October 9, 2010

RARE STAMPS & CACHETS

DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS OF THE 1974 EXPO STAMP
Preserve the environment campaign
SPOKANE, USA


This is a full original sheet of EXPO 74 MAX stamps
It also has an original face design and the signature made in 1974

 
WORLD FAIR 74 promo pack of half stamp sheet, a nice cachet
envelope and a flyer explaining the "Preserve the Environment"
story. It would safe to say it was the beginning of the green era.

 A framed selection of my favorite covers, one of them
bottom left corner, was signed by PETER.



First day of issue



Pin specially made of the EXPO 74 stamp.
Studio 25 perhaps has a set of stamps that recovers in
plastic and attaches a pin on the back. Size aprox 1 1/2 ins.



Postcard with the EXPO 74 stamp


  
 Used envelope from the first day of issue of the Expo 74 stamp,
it included a Preserve the Environment image.



Individual pairs  and full sheet of United Nations sheet of stamps 
distributed in 2002 duringan environmental
summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.



UNITED NATIONS stamp collection 1997
It includes two sets of Peter Max artwork stamps,
shown in the image to the right
 
EARTH SUMMIT 1992 at Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
special collector's pocket
 
 Special Flag envelope April 2008 with a US flag forever stamp
Spokane 1974 stamp, first day of issue cachet.
Preserve the Environment theme

 
Angel with hear PM image with Love 1996 Love Stamp 


Very rare PETER MAX album of cachets & stamps
Unique black booklet with PM face engraved in gold!

Saturday, September 4, 2010

ONE OF A KIND SIGNED BASEBALL



 SELIG baseball signed 2002 by Peter max

NOTE: 21 SEPTEMBER 2000- ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA: Internationally known artist Peter Max, tosses a baseball as he waits his turn to throw out the first pitch, prior to the St. Louis Cardinals-Houston Astros baseball game, September 21. Max is in St. Louis for a fund raiser at a local art gallery. cc/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI

This is not that ball, but probably has a similar story.

Friday, September 3, 2010

MAX, MY SPECTACULAR GOLDEN RETRIEVER

No, I did not call him MAX for any special reason, it was my wife that named him MAXY, and I just call him MAX, and casually, it fits perfect with the content of this site.

He is our pride and joy and makes us feel that dogs have more soul than many human beings I know.
So, to all my visitors, I hereby present  MAX:


BEFORE                                                    NOW

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

ACRYLIC & STATUES

The NUMERO UNO, LADY LIBERTY HEAD 2010, Mix media & acrylic on Canvas. The Statue of liberty series has a very important history in the artistic life of PETER MAX.  EXCERPT from Washington Post, July 2, 1982: His latest project is saving the Statue of Liberty. "I like doing things with the White House," says Max, who was there a few weeks ago with Chrysler president Lee Iacocca, who presented President Reagan with one of six Statue of Liberty paintings Max created at the White House last July 4. "We came up with the idea of forming a commission to renovate the Statue for her 100th birthday. It was passed through Congress, and Iacocca was selected as chairman. We're going to try to raise about $100 million to clean the statue, fix leaks, whatever it needs." Max calls himself "America's own most patriotic artist.
And this  I don't doubt this for a minute.

This is the back of the canvas, a PM art work all by itself!
The typical girl's face is especially nice.




COSMIC RUNNER in 24 x 24 ins acrilic mix media on Canvas
one of the original POP designs of the sixties in a modern 2010 version



An open series STATUE OF LIBERTY dated 1999
Size aprox 18 ins tall. In reality, is a Green Plastic plaster
Souvenir statue sold in the middle on any New York street
but completely intervened and signed by Peter.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

LOOSE SPECIAL IMAGES

Marker drawn 1974 MONK


Marker drawn ZERO face date unknown


Decorative duo of framed images. ABSTRACT FLOWERS & 
VASE OF FLOWERS

2007 Signed 8 X 10 glossy picture of Close up
of LIBERTY HEAD

Signed 2010 FLAG WITH HEART  postcard




HEARTS & SOUL






Unique Hearts 16 months 2001 calendar




very uncommon greeting cards 
Blue Lady Planet 1989