Wednesday, March 3, 2010

"Greatest Moments in Sports" Poster Show at Gallery1988




If you are in Los Angeles, be sure to check out the opening of the "Great Moments in Sports" Poster Show at Gallery1988, this Thursday, March 4 from 7-10pm. Presented by Gallery1988 and OMG Posters - all of your favorite posters artists, including Hero, will have work in the show. The show will have limited edition, signed and numbered posters/prints depicting some of the greatest moments in sports history.

Our print (shown above) is titled "Wide Right, The Curse of the Buffalo Bills". This print is a 4 color silkscreen poster, and it's an edition of only 100 prints. If you are from Buffalo, I think you can guess what moment this is depecting. Our poster will be available for purchase at the gallery through the duration of the show and on the Hero website after the show is over.

"Greatest Moments in Sports" runs from March 4 - 26, 2010. For more info check out the Gallery1988 blog.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

being a Buffalo Native, and bills fan, I will never own this..

Not a bad print tho..

but who is the target audience...The giants that won by us missing a 47 yard field goal on grass?

good luck on your sale...

Hero Design Studio + Boutique said...

We knew that most Bills' fans wouldn't want to hang this one. This was a devastating moment in both Buffalo Bills and sports history. The negative feelings attached to this tragic moment from the Bill's past, won't appeal to everyone. Additionally, it should be noted that this print wasn't created for a specific "target audience" or with sales in mind. We were asked, as artists, to depict a memorable moment in sport's history for the gallery show, and that is what we did. Sure, it definitely would have been very easy to depict a proud and positive moment in sports history, and we knew most folks would be focused on the "thrill of victory", but we wanted to focus on the "agony of defeat". Being huge fans of both the Buffalo Bill's and the City of Buffalo, we felt that this moment, more than so many others, speaks loudly about this city's ability to love and support their teams and city through it all, good times and bad. The Bills have some of the most diehard fans in the league, even after moments like "Wide Right". This is just one of the many reasons we love this city and it's sports fans. Also, it should be mentioned that this poster was created by a season ticket holder of the Bills.

Thank you very much for taking the time to look and for your compliment and F the NY Giants!