Derek Hess' West Coast Gallery Debut



"Behind Enemy Lines"
prints, posters, & original drawings



Stone lithographer turned silkscreen poster artist and Generation X icon Derek Hess will debut his new series of art prints July 24th at Berkeley's D. King Gallery. A large number of his posters and original drawings will also be on exhibit.


Hess has created over 100 posters for bands ranging the spectrum from Nine Inch Nails to Pink Floyd. He was chosen to create prints commemorating the grand opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and their "Three Decades of Heavy Metal" exhibit.


Hess' strong technical skills and intuitive feel for his medium set him apart from his contemporaries. His works are executed with depth, compassion and an obsessive concentration on the human form.


The Musee de la Publicite at the Palais du Louvre called his work "...remarquable serie d'affiches" (a remarkable series of posters) and has a set in their collection. Affiche, the European journal of poster art, called his "the most highly sought after concert posters in the world".


"Hess paints a world of anxiety and surrealism which speaks for the emotional state of Generation X." If there really is a Generation X, they are alive and well and living in a Derek Hess poster.



The exhibition opens July 24 and runs through August 30.



A reception for the artist will be held on July 24th from 6-9pm.