Free Press Houston

Jermaine Rogers — posters for the paper and its festivals

Eight works, 2010 to 2017: the Free Press Summer Fest series, the newspaper’s own tenth-anniversary show, and the two Day for Night posters the artist issued himself. Each image below is held by this archive and names the page it was acquired from.

Canonical record: Jermaine Rogers · The paper’s 2010 announcement

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Works catalogued
8
Artwork held
7
Years represented
2010—2017
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Jermaine Rogers poster for Free Press Summer Fest 2010: a giant infant seated against an orange sunburst, cradling a small figure holding a flame, above hand-lettered placards naming Lucero, Mix Master Mike, The Flaming Lips, Medeski Martin & Wood, Dead Prez, Detroit Cobras, Girl Talk, Bun B, Slim Thug and Stars.
2010 · Free Press Summer Fest

Free Press Summer Fest 2010 poster

5—6 June 2010 · Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston
Screen print
720×1000

Announced by the paper on 23 May 2010: limited-edition screen prints were sold at the festival and signed by the artist on site. The poster carries the June 5—6, 2010 Eleanor Tinsley Park dateline and is signed in the lower left.

CollectionFree Press Summer Fest

Jermaine Rogers poster for Free Press Summer Fest 2011: a winged green rabbit with red eyes rising above a crowd of rabbits and peace-sign balloons, over red lettering reading Weezer, Big Boi and Ween.
2011 · Free Press Summer Fest

Free Press Summer Fest 2011 poster

4—5 June 2011 · Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston
Screen print · Show edition
1000×793

Weezer · Big Boi · Ween · Cut Copy · Yeasayer · Beirut · Chromeo · Bun B

Signed in the plate at lower right and dated 11. The artwork carries the festival dates, June 4—5, and Eleanor Tinsley Park.

CollectionFree Press Summer Fest

Jermaine Rogers poster for Free Press Summer Fest 2012: a winged blue rabbit with red eyes standing behind two children, over yellow lettering reading It does not matter who you are and the 2012 lineup.
2012 · Free Press Summer Fest

Free Press Summer Fest 2012 poster

2—3 June 2012 · Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston
Screen print · Artist proof
728×1000

The Avett Brothers · Snoop Dogg · Willie Nelson · The Flaming Lips · Pretty Lights · Descendents · Primus · Erykah Badu

Signed in the plate at lower left and dated 12. The archive also credits Rogers on the June 2012 festival-issue cover; the two are catalogued as separate objects and not merged.

CollectionFree Press Summer Fest

Jermaine Rogers poster for Free Press Summer Fest 2013: a green-skinned woman with flame-coloured hair and eyes set into her hands, above the 2013 lineup in orange lettering.
2013 · Free Press Summer Fest

Free Press Summer Fest 2013 poster

1—2 June 2013 · Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston
Screen print · Show edition
497×764

The Postal Service · Bassnectar · Iggy and the Stooges · Passion Pit · TV on the Radio · Calvin Harris · Alabama Shakes · Arctic Monkeys · Geto Boys

The regular show edition. Foil variants of the same artwork are catalogued separately at the source and are not shown here. Signed in the plate and dated 13; the artwork reads Lose yourself · Find yourself across the top.

CollectionFree Press Summer Fest

Black-and-white Jermaine Rogers poster for the Free Press Houston tenth-anniversary show, 8 March at 2727 Canal Street, drawn in comic-panel style with two figures and hand-lettered billing.
2013 · Free Press Houston

Free Press Houston — 10 Years, Rock and Roll Suicide

8 March 2013 · 2727 Canal Street, Houston
Screen print
622×800

Devin the Dude

Made for the newspaper's own tenth-anniversary show, not for the festival: the artwork bills STRFKR, Super Mash Bros, Devin the Dude, Dann Halen, Wild Moccasins, Sideshow Tramps, The Hates, Venomous Maximus and Fist Full of Soul at 2727 Canal Street. Hand-lettered at the foot: Pathetic Art by Jermaine — Apologies to R. Pettibon, a true rider of the whiteland.

Free Press Houston

Jermaine Rogers poster for Free Press Summer Fest 2014: a red raccoon-like creature clutching a pale rabbit, ringed by floating eyeballs and teal foliage, above the 2014 lineup.
2014 · Free Press Summer Fest

Free Press Summer Fest 2014 poster

31 May—1 June 2014 · Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston
Screen print · Limited edition
606×1000

Jack White · Vampire Weekend · Zedd · Lauryn Hill · Wu-Tang Clan · Dwight Yoakam · Childish Gambino · Deftones · Cage the Elephant

Signed in the plate and dated 14. It is a distinct object from the 2014 festival lineup art the archive holds under Kiffer Keegan's credit.

CollectionFree Press Summer Fest

Jermaine Rogers poster for Aphex Twin at Day for Night, Houston, 17 December 2016: a red-to-yellow line drawing of a smiling long-haired man surrounded by children carrying dolls, with the Aphex Twin logo at upper left.
2016 · Day for Night

Aphex Twin — Day for Night, Houston

17 December 2016 · Former Barbara Jordan Post Office — now Post HTX, Houston
Screen print
2000×1643

Aphex Twin

An unauthorised poster: the artist made and issued it himself for the date. Nothing here records a commission by the festival or by the performer. The artwork carries 12.17.16 · day for night · houston.tx.usa at lower right.

CollectionDay for Night

Jermaine Rogers poster for Nine Inch Nails at Day for Night, Houston, 16 December 2017: dark silhouetted figures around a churning column of red, orange and yellow liquid colour, with the NIN logo at upper left.
2017 · Day for Night

Nine Inch Nails — Day for Night, Houston

16 December 2017 · Former Barbara Jordan Post Office — now Post HTX, Houston
Screen print
1200×1600

Nine Inch Nails

Dated 12.16.17 on the artwork itself and filed here to 2017, not 2018. The lettering under the logo reads: we stand around with our teeth in our mouths and we take it. take it. take it. Signed at right, artwork_jermaine rogers.

CollectionDay for Night

Read alongside the Free Press Summer Fest and Day for Night collections, and with the full artwork catalogue, which carries the held issue covers and the work evidenced without a file.

Cite this record

Free Press Houston Archive “Jermaine Rogers posters (Free Press Houston Archive collection).” n.d.. Collection, 8 held artworks. Free Press Houston Archive. https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/collections/jermaine-rogers-posters. Accessed [date].

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