Arthur Samuel Wilbur Chantry II (born April 9, 1954) is a

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often associated with the

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and album covers he has done for bands from the

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, such as

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Mono Men The Mono Men were an American garage punk band, based in Bellingham, Washington. Their sound contained elements of grunge (distortion-heavy guitars, sneering vocals), but the Mono Men filtered these through a mimicry of 1960s Washington proto- ...

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, and

The Sonics The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, that formed in 1960. Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on Punk rock, punk and Garage rock, garage music worldwide, and they have been named inspir ...

Biography

Chantry received a

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from

Western Washington University Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington, United States. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, s ...

in 1978. Chantry's designs are perhaps most closely associated with the Seattle, Washington-based

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and the

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-based

Estrus Records Estrus Records is an independent record label from Bellingham, Washington that makes surf, garage and trash rock music. They have released such bands as Mono Men, The Drags, The Mummies, Supercharger, Impala, Man or Astro-man?, the Makers ...

, for which he has worked with dozens of bands. He is also notable for his work in magazine and

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. Chantry worked throughout the 1980s as art director at '' The Rocket'', a Seattle-based music biweekly. Chantry advocates a low-tech approach to design that is informed by the history of the field. His work has been exhibited at the

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, the Smithsonian, and the

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. Chantry builds his record, poster, and magazine designs by hand, eschewing the now-ubiquitous computer and laser printer for X-Acto knives, Xerox machines, and photoset type. His bright, eye-popping creations can be seen frequently in the mom-and-pop record store as in the pages of establishment design magazines like ''Print'' or ''Communication Arts''. ''Some People Can't Surf: The Graphic Design of Art Chantry'' by Julie Lasky is a book released in 2001. The monograph explored Chantry's process crafting his graphic design. Chantry is the author of the book ''Art Chantry Speaks: A Heretic's History of 20th Century Graphic Design'', released in 2015. Chantry is the recipient of the 2017

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(AIGA) Medal.

References

External links

Official page
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