While I'm redesigning this site to be more of a store/portfolio, I've gone ahead and started a news blog that will eventually feed into my new site. Check it out for news and updates about the many projects I'm working on: caseyburnsart.blogspot.com
I also have a page at MySpace.com. Feel free to visit some of my more recent work there, and feel like you somehow met me inside a computer: myspace.com/caseyburns.
NURSE B.U.D. Available soon!
The Diesel Fuel Artist series of limited edition Blow Up Dolls (B.U.D.s) from JAMUNGO have arrived, and will be for sale soon. My design, the nurse (based on my 2004 poster for Sonic Youth), is 3" tall, and comes in it's own Diesel Fuel series box. VERY limited quantity available.
Check back soon for availability.
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STEEL POLE BATH TUB POSTER
I got the chance to do a poster for Steel Pole Bath Tub's 2008 reunion show (which I also instigated the booking of). For those not familiar with the band, they put out several records in the 80s and 90s, and toured like madmen with bands like Nirvana, Melvins, Poster Children, and everyone else under the sun. Bassist Dale Flattum later played in The Nein with yours truly, when we both lived in NC. Also on the bill: Red Fang, Iommi Stubbs, Thrones, Hungry Ghost. Poster is 18"X24", screenprinted in an edition of 110. $20 plus $8 shipping in the US.
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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE POSTER
This one was a collaboration with Justin Hampton. I laid everything out, with some direction from Justin, and finished the figure on the left, all the lettering, and half the skull. Justin did the girl on the left and all the coloring. Poster is screenprinted in edition of 150 and measures 18"x26". Justin is sold out of his half of the run, and my stash is about to run out as well. $50 plus $8 shipping in the US.
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TWO-LANE BLACKTOP POSTER
The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin TX commissioned this one from me in 2008 for a special showing of the classicc film TWO-LANE BLACKTOP, starring James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, and Dennis Wilson. Screenprinted in an edition of only 90, this one's a giant 24"x36". $30 plus $10 shipping in the US.
Also showing, Keegan Onefoot and David Rose. Opening reception first Thursday, January 8, 2009, at 7 pm.
Also on Thursday, November 6, visit Portland's City Hall from 5 to 7 pm for "Music Matters", highlighting artists who document the local music scene. http://www.commissionersam.com/musicmatters
Hey people, I'm playing bass with The Rosebuds on their upcoming US tour.
Here are the dates. Come on out.
Nov 7 2008 8:00P
CAROLINA THEATER!! (TROIKA FESTIVAL)
Durham, North Carolina
Nov 11 2008
Mercy Lounge
Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 12 2008
My Old Kentucky Blog Concert Series (Radio Radio)
Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov 13 2008
Bottom Lounge
Chicago, Illinois
Nov 14 2008
High Noon Saloon
Madison, Wisconsin
Nov 15 2008
The Picador
Iowa City, Iowa
Nov 16 2008
Turf Club
St. Paul, Minnesota
Nov 19 2008
Media Club
Vancouver, British Columbia
Nov 20 2008
Tractor Tavern
Seattle, Washington
Nov 21 2008
Department of Safety
Anacortez, Washington
Nov 22 2008
Doug Fir Lounge
Portland, Oregon
Nov 24 2008
The Independent
San Francisco, California
Nov 25 2008
The Echo
Los Angeles, California
Nov 26 2008
Solar Culture
Tucson, Arizona
Nov 28 2008
Hailey's
Denton, Texas
Nov 29 2008
Mohawk
Austin, Texas
Dec 1 2008
The Earl
Atlanta, Georgia
NEW TANGIBLES
Somebody just told me that the work I did on Modest Mouse's album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is featured in the Communication Arts 2008 Design Annual. I haven't seen it yet, so if anyone has scans they want to email me, that would rule.
I did the back cover for the latest issue of I Want Your Skull. Pick it up now.
The fifth volume of Failing Records' compilation of Portland music is also due in stores soon, and sports cover art by me.
Portland FunBook 3 is bigger and better than ever and has a giant full-page drawing I did of Matt Brown inside ...
Look for my work in the pages of Fistful of Rock coming from Dark Horse, The Gigposters.com Coloring Book, and two more books about contemporary poster art in the next twelve months.
I'm also excited to be working on the packaging of the debut record from North Carolina's The Love Language. Portland's own Bladen County Records is releasing it in January 2009, and it is hands down the best pop record I have heard in years.
I recently did posters for Steel Pole Bath Tub and Queens of the Stone Age. Write me if you'd like to buy them, because my webstore isn't ready yet.
GALLERY SHOWS
I've currently got screenprints hanging at Gold Dust Meridian in Portland. Go see them and buy them while you can.
WEBSTORE coming soon! Finally have my inventory in order, and will be redesigning caseyburns.com soon, with click and purchase action for all you impulse purchasers out there. Prices will range from $10 to $1100, so there's something for everyone.
***UNC LIBRARY EXHIBIT JUST ENDED!*** PAPER TRAIL: THE POSTER ART OF CASEY BURNS AND RON LIBERTI
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, March 17 - July 1, 2008
5:00 pm: Reception and Exhibit, Manuscripts Department, 4th Floor, Wilson Library
5:45 pm: Program, Pleasants Family Assembly Room (panel discussion with Casey Burns, Ron Liberti, and Frank Heath, followed by live music by Lud, Regina Hexaphone, and Billy Sugarfix)
Many thanks to all who made this event a huge success ... UNC, friends of the library, and the Southern Folklife Collection. The record turnout of the Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and UNC academic and arts communities all under one roof made for one hell of an event. Here's a link to a great full-page feature the Chapel Hill News ran on the event: Paper Covers Rock.
More coverage of the show appeared in the Independent Weekly
and the News and Observer, which featured the show in both its "Rock Picks" and "Art Picks" sections. Thanks everybody!
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UNC alumni: Check out this month's issue of the Carolina Alumni Review for a cover by me (depicting the entrance to my old workplace, Cat's Cradle), and a feature on yours truly with several pages of my posters:
"The Art of Music by Kathleen Kearns:
Full-time job for artist at nightclub: Casey Burns '98 couldn't have dreamed any better than that. Like the musicians he draws, the Cradle was his springboard to the big time."
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Cover for Modest Mouse's Dashboard single. I drew the central image, David Ellis drew the serpent. Pick up the deluxe edition of the Modest Mouse CD We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank to see more of my illustrations of freaky hands.
T-shirt design for KISS. Available in a couple of different varieties at the official KISS Online Store:
Cover
for Jon Wurster and Tom Scharpling's radio
call-in comedy (visit stereolaffs.com
for more info):
Illustration
for the Independent Weekly's article about rocker/comedian Jon
Wurster (with pal Avril Lavigne):
Covers
for my old band's split 7" record with Cantwell Gomez and Jordan:
Cover
for the Independent weekly:
GIGPOSTERS.COM
PLAYING CARDS
Look for my King of Diamonds when you pick up this amazing set
of cards featuring the work of 56 overly creative rock poster
artists. Available at gigposters.com. Here's my card:
Poster
for Dutch band Bettie Serveert:
Logos
for the band I played bass in (used for patches, stickers, and buttons):
Illustration
for a handmade art book called Poison Control. More info on the
book can be found at
poison-control.com.
• Cover for the thirteenth issue of a British horror comics
magazine called From the Tomb:
David Knight, an old friend who worked
with me at Cat's Cradle for several years, completed his first
novel, and I did the cover for it. It's pictured below, and more
info on the book can be found here.
Two Cd packages for the unstoppable comedy team of Jon
Wurster (Superchunk drummer, fulltime smartass) and Tom Scharpling
(legendary WFMU dj). Check out stereolaffs.com.
Cover illustration of the late, great Johnny Cash for
the Independent
Weekly's Rock-n-Roll Quarterly:
• Mike Martin of Engine
House 13 and I collaborated on a poster for my band's 2003
show in Columbus, Ohio:
• CD package (illustration and design) for Pox
World Empire. This one is a compilation including tracks from
Piedmont Charisma, The Ghost of Rock, The Sames, Portastatic,
Ben Davis, Jett Rink, Shallow Be Thy Name, Gerty, Pleasant, The
Rosebuds, Cold Sides, des_ark, Malt Swagger, Goner, Farblondjet,
Schooner, The Sleepies, The Nein, Razzle, Cantwell Gomez &
Jordan, and North Elementary.
Here's
the front cover:
THE NEIN
I used to play in a band called THE NEIN.
Tour dates are on their website: thenein.com.
MONOTYPES
Check out some monotypes I did a few years ago. Some are for sale. Email me if interested.
FONTS
I've posted a font I made in 2001 based on the Leroy lettering used in the classic EC Comics of the 1950s. Please download it for free!
LINKS:
Here are some links to artists and friends
whose work I admire.
